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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="7-411" title_number="7" title_name="Public Schools" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Health and Safety of Students">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The State Board shall develop and implement a program of drug addiction and prevention education in the public schools.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in subsection (c)(2) of this section, this program shall be started before the sixth grade in each public school by teachers who are trained in the field of drug education.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The State Board shall establish standards for determining how a teacher is considered to be “trained in the field of drug addiction and prevention education” for the purposes of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The program shall include instruction related to heroin and opioid addiction and prevention, including information relating to the lethal effect of fentanyl.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The instruction required under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Delivered in grade bands as follows:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Third grade through fifth grade;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Sixth grade through eighth grade; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Ninth grade through twelfth grade; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A stand–alone unit in the program.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>This program shall be coordinated with other State agencies that are responsible for drug abuse education and control.</text>
  </level>
</section>
