Policies and Laws Protecting Children with Asthma At School The California Department of Education (CDE) supports taking a coordinated approach to student health, modeled on guidelines created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A coordinated school health program addresses the complex problem of asthma in schools by focusing on eight inter-dependent components that rely upon the active involvement of school personnel, students, health care workers, and communities. The CDC has developed several strategies for addressing asthma with a Coordinated School Health Model approach. To see more, visit The CDC - Healthy Youth. Asthma protective policies are essential for the school setting. The California Education Code includes some regulations related to asthma and student health in general; however, health policy is more fully developed at the district level. In recent years, several key statewide health protective policies were established. For example: CDHS and CDE approved Guidelines for the Management of Asthma in California Schools, a comprehensive resource for school health and other personnel to address asthma in the school setting. Additionally, State law now allows children to self-carry and self-administer asthma inhalers while at school with parental and health care provider permission. Click here for factsheet about self-carry law. Other recent legislation focuses on school siting issues, requiring new schools to be built far from certain stationary pollution sources.
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