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DASA School Health Midterm Questions andAnswers 100% Correct
DASA - ANSWER The Dignity for All Students Act; Seeks to provide the State's
public elementary and secondary school students with a safe and supportive
environment free from discrimination, intimidation, taunting, harassment, and
bullying on school property, a school bus and/or at a school function; Was signed
into law on September 13, 2010 and took effect on July 1, 2012.
DAC - ANSWER Dignity Act Coordinator; At least one staff member at every
school must be designated and trained to handle human relations in the areas of:
race, color, weight, national origin, ethnic group, religion, religious practice,
disability, sexual orientation, gender, and sex.
SAVE - ANSWER Safe Schools Against Violence in Education ACT; In July 2000,
Project SAVE was signed into law to promote a safer and more effective learning
environment within New York State schools. SAVE legislation has multiple
requirements including district-wide school safety plans, building level emergency
response plans, codes of conduct, uniform violent incident reporting, instruction
in civility, citizenship and character education, and school violence prevention
training.
CAR - ANSWER Child Abuse Reporting; Certain professionals are required by
law to report suspected child abuse or maltreatment to the New York State
Central Register (SCR) of Child Abuse and Maltreatment. The law also assigns civil
and criminal liability to those professionals who do not comply with their
mandated reporter responsibilities.
CDC - ANSWER Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Mission is to
protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the
, U.S. Whether diseases start at home or abroad, are chronic or acute, curable or
preventable, human error or deliberate attack, CDC fights disease and supports
communities and citizens to do the same. CDC increases the health security of our
nation.
CPS - ANSWER Child Protective Services Act of 1973; Purpose is to encourage
more complete reporting of child abuse and maltreatment. The law established a
Child Protective Service in each county in New York. Each Child Protective Service
is required to investigate child abuse and maltreatment reports, to protect
children (under 18 years old) from further abuse or maltreatment, and to provide
rehabilitative services to children, arents, and other family members involved.
NYSED - ANSWER New York State Education Department; The department is
responsible for the supervision for all public schools in New York and all
standardized testing, as well as the production and administration of state tests
and Regents Examinations. In addition, the State Education Department oversees
higher education, cultural institutions such as museums and libraries, and the
licensing of numerous professions. It is headed by the regents of the University of
the State of New York (USNY) and administered by the Commissioner of
Education.
VADIR - ANSWER Violent and Disruptive Incident Reporting; Federal law
requires each state to determine annually which public schools are "persistently
dangerous." Each state may set its own criteria to assess and compare levels of
violence across schools. New York bases its "persistently dangerous"
determinations on two years' worth of VADIR data. Since 2008 New York used a
"School Violence Index" (SVI) comprised of a sum of weighted incidents divided by
the school's K-12 enrollment. Each school district is required to submit Violent and
Disruptive Incident Reports (VADIR) for each school building on an annual basis.
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