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SUBJECT: LEGISLATION: AB 2822 (Woodruff, Baker, et al)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOrIlKENDATION:
Adopt a position in SUPPORT of AB 2822 by Assemblyman Woodruff
and 13 co-authors which would require that schools offer
education on the effect of alcohol and dangerous drugs on
prenatal development.
BACKGROUND:
Existing law requires that instruction on the nature of alcohol,
narcotics, restricted dangerous drugs and other dangerous
substances and their effects on the human body as determined by
science be included in the curriculum of all elementary and
secondary schools.
AB 2822 would expand this requirement to require that instruction
on the effects of alcohol, narcotics, restricted dangerous drugs
and other dangerous substances on prenatal development be
included in the curriculum of all secondary schools. AB 2822
requires each school board to specify the grade or grades and the
course or courses of study in which such instruction will be
included.
It appears that passage and enactment of AB 2822 would further
the Board of Supervisors' war on drugs by providing young people
with additional factual information on the harm which can be done
to an unborn baby by the mother' s use of alcohol and dangerous
drugs. It is therefore recommended that the Board of Supervisors
indicate its support for AB 2822.
No
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON Ma rrh• 6 , 1990 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED K OTHER
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VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
�/ I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
.L UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Assemblyman Paul Woodruff MAR 61990
CC: Assemblyman William P. Baker ATTESTED
County Administrator PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Health Services Director
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Drug Program Administrator
Alcohol Program Administrator
Chair, Drug Abuse Advisory Board
M382 (10/88) Chair, Alcohol Advisory Board BY �s, �� ,DEPUTY
Wendel Brunner, M.D. , Dir.of Public Health
Les Spahnn,SRJ. Jackson, Barish & Associates