Positions on Juvenile Protection Issues

R - Convention Resolution PS - Position/Policy Statement PI - Priority Item LAI - Legislative Action Item

• ALCOHOL POSSESSION - Supports banning the possession/consumption of alcoholic beverages on school property. (LAI -1994)
• AMUSEMENT RIDES- Supports safety and inspection regulations and requiring reporting/investigation of accidents. (PI - 1986)
• ATVs- Supports legislation to restrict the sale and use. (PI - 1989)
• BICYCLE HELMETS- Supports legislation for mandated use of protective helmets. (R - 1994)
• CAMPS- Supports statewide minimum standards. (PS)
• CHILD ABUSE DEFINITION- Opposes legislation to change. (E.C.1992)
• CHILDREN IN NEED OF SERVICES (CHINS)- Opposes place of CHINS in secure correctional/detention facilities unless child has run away from such. (PS)
• CHILDREN IN NEED OF SUPERVISION- Seeks legislation to allow children to be detained in a secure facility. (R -1988)
• CHILD LABOR LAWS- Supports rigid enforcement and continual review. (PS)
• CORPORAL PUNISHMENT- Opposes in public school. (PI - 1989)
• CONFIDENTIALITY- Requests Code amendment to protect privacy of student's scholastic records. (R - 1995) Opposes any change to FERPA. (R - 1989) Opposes release from juvenile court records without a court order. (PS)
• CURFEWS- Supports. (R - 1994)
• DRAM SHOP- Supports legislation to enact. (R - 1993)
• DRIVER'S EDUCATION -Seeks legislation requiring that all minors meet the same permitting and licensing requirements. (LAI - 2004)
• DUI- Supports reclassification of manslaughter and mandate. (R - 1992) Supports drug testing law enforcement. (PS) Supports mandatory suspension upon first conviction. (R - 1987) Supports testing for drugs. (PS)
• EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT- Supports children's right
  to learn in a safe/non-violent environment. (PS)
• ELECTRONIC TESTIMONY- Supports the use of for presenting testimony of a child who has been the victim of a kidnapping, sexual or physical assault, or family offense. (PI - 1986)
• FIREARM SAFETY- Seeks legislation requiring trigger locks & firearm storage. (R - 1989)
• GANG VIOLENCE- Supports policy, which addresses gang violence and recruitment and seeks law enforcement, education, community, and social agencies collaboration with PTA in educating parents and teachers on the influence and negative impact of gangs and gang violence. (PS - 2006)
• GUN FREE SCHOOL ZONES- Supports legislation requiring establishment & identification, and increase penalties for possession, discharging or brandishing within. (R-1994)
• HANDGUN PURCHASE- Seeks legislation for waiting periods/limits/bans. (R - 1992 & R - 1990)
• HAZARD FREE ZONES- Seeks enactment of legislation/local code to prohibit hunting area creation in the vicinity of schools/residential areas. (R - 1991)
• HEALTH/BACKGROUND SCREENING- Supports for prospective workers in child-care positions. (PS)
• HOMELESS FAMILIES W/CHILDREN- Seeks legislation to provide sufficient resources for prevention/identification & development of affordable housing, education and social services. (R - 1989)
• HOMELESS ASSISTANCE ACTS FOR CHILDREN- Supports implementation of and adequate funding for all the provisions of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act in all school divisions and oppose the granting of any waivers of the Act. (R-2005)
• INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE VIOLENCE- Supports legislation or regulation to require a rating system. (R-1994)
• INTERNET ACCESS- Seeks legislation that restricts receipt of state and/or local funding by public schools, libraries, and other public facilities that do not provide Internet filtering software on computers used by minors. (R - 2003)
• KEG REGISTRATION- Supports legislation requiring. (R - 1991)
• LIABILITY FOR CHILDREN'S ACCESS TO AND POSSESSION OF FIREARMS- Supports legislation holding adults responsible for children's access to and possession of firearms. (R - 1998)
• LOOK-ALIKE WEAPONS- Seeks legislation making it illegal to sell, etc. to anyone under 18. (R - 1994)
• LIQUOR- Opposes the retail sale except by ABC Board. (R - 1992)
• MANDATORY LOSS OF OPERATORS LICENSE- Supports legislation when 13-17 year olds convicted of drug/alcohol law violation. (R - 1988)
• MANDATORY STOPS FOR PEDESTRIANS IN CROSSWALKS- Supports legislation that requires motor vehicle traffic to stop for all pedestrians in marked crosswalks. (R-2005)
• MINIMUM SELF-CARE AGE- Supports legislation to create a mandatory minimum age of 10 years for self-care and without competent supervision. (R-1987)
• NON-PRESCRIPTION DRUGS- Supports local authority regarding student discipline when violations of possession occur. (PS - 2000)
• NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL LICENSING STANDARDS- Supports state standards for private schools, child-care centers & family day-care homes. (PS)
• PREVENTABLE HAZARDS- Supports protection of children from. (PS)
• REASON TO SUSPECT- Opposes removal from Central Registry. (E.C. 1992)
• RESEARCH- Requests Code amendment to require written parental consent before minor children may be tested, surveyed or involved in experimental research programs. (R - 1995)
• RESTRICT CELL PHONE USE WHILE DRIVING- Supports legislation to restrict the use of cell phones when driving without the use of a hands free device. (R-2005)
• ROCK CONCERTS- Supports legislation for minimum age (17) attendance unless accompanied by a parent or adult guardian. (R-1988)
• SALE AND RENTAL TO MINORS- Seeks legislation that restricts the sale or rental to minors of pre-recorded music with a parental advisory rating and, computer and video products with a mature rating that contain or promote sex, violence, or illicit drug/alcohol use. (LAI-2006)
• SEAT BELTS- Supports the use for all occupants of motor vehicles. (PS)
• SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS- Supports legislation allowing background checks at local option, local expense. (LAI - 1998)
• STRIP SEARCHING- Opposes the strip- searching of any student by a school board employee. (PS - 1999)
• TEENAGE DRIVING- Supports certain organizations' legislative efforts to amend the Code of Virginia relative to teen driving. (R - 2000)
• TOBACCO (Sale/Accessibility)- Supports legislation to prohibit vending machine sales. (R - 1994)
• TOBACCO (Minor use)- Seeks legislation for prohibition. (R - 1988) Supports minimum age of 16 for purchase. (PI - 1986) (Use Prevention)- Requests dedication of Tobacco Settlement funds to advance a tobacco use prevention and cessation program. (R - 1999)
• TRANSPORTATION- Supports safe transportation on public school buses. (PS)
• TROUBLED YOUTH- Supports community-based services for treatment/rehabilitation. (PS)
• TV VIOLENCE- Seeks regulations for a blocking device. (R - 1994)
• VANDALISM- Supports substantial penalties with fiscal/legal responsibility for parents/guardians. (PS)