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Joseph T. Burns: “Some schools are actually requiring parents to place their child on drugs in order to attend school. This is wrong. My…”

On the recordApril 30, 2003
Some schools are actually requiring parents to place their child on drugs in order to attend school. This is wrong. My provision is not anti-school. It is not anti-teacher. It is not anti-medication. This provision is pro-children and pro-parents. This provision simply protects our children from unnecessary medication and it provides parents the decision-making power that they should have for their child's safety. I urge my colleagues to support this and other sensible provisions contained in H.R. 1350.
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Joseph T. Burns
Ohio
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Discussing the Improving Results for Children With Disabilities Act of 2003 and its provisions.

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