'Ritalin bill' advances; some call it unneeded

[NVMojo]

I love it, this from a red state!! Who do they think is pushing the mental health screenings for students???

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A Utah lawmaker wants to make sure if parents refuse to "drug" their children for mental illness, the schools can't punish them by refusing to let them attend class.

A committee of his colleagues agreed with his efforts, voting Wednesday to advance HB42 by Rep. Michael Morley, R-Spanish Fork.

Opposed by the three Democrats on the House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee, the "Ritalin bill" is intended to reinforce a state rule already in place that prohibits educators from making medication a condition of schooling.

Because that rule is in place, state education officials say it is unnecessary to put it into law, asserting there has been only one complaint over the issue in the past two years.

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http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/1,1249,600109848,00.html

[chicagojoe]

1. Fuckin' Drug Companies.

[recovering democrat]

2. not enough.

Amazing how things just never seem to go away. Back in the 1970s, they didn't and couldn't refuse to let my son attend school because we refused to drug him for hyperactivity - BUT they could and did refuse to permit him into the gifted program classes because he was a "discipline" problem.