37-161-7 - Wellness curriculum to be developed by State Board of Education; board shall adopt implementation rules and regulations. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 37-161-7. Wellness curriculum to be developed by State Board of Education; board shall adopt implementation rules and regulations.
 

The State Board of Education shall develop a wellness curriculum for use by each school district and the board shall establish rules and regulations to be followed by the districts whereby the districts shall implement the curriculum. Such wellness curriculum shall include educating students about the value of exercise, proper diet and abstinence from use of tobacco and alcohol. The state board shall also adopt regulations for districts' compliance concerning what products may be sold in vending machines on campus and when they can be sold. 
 

Sources: Laws, 2006, ch. 504, § 18; reenacted without change, Laws, 2009, ch. 345, § 34, eff from and after June 30, 2009.