SEC. 2. ASTHMA MANAGEMENT PLANS. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Part D of title V of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7241 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘Subpart 22—Asthma Management Plans 
‘‘SEC. 5621. ASTHMA MANAGEMENT PLANS. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized 
to award a grant to a school that receives funding 
under part A of title I and is located in an area that 
the Secretary determines has a high prevalence of 
asthma (using such indicators as emergency depart-
ment visits due to asthma or asthma hospitalization 
rates), to enable the school to— 
‘‘(A) develop and implement an asthma 
management plan; and 
‘‘(B) purchase asthma inhalers or spacers, 
or both, and appropriate supplies determined 
necessary by the Secretary, for students, so 
that every student served by the school who suf-
fers from asthma has access to the relief and 
treatment the student needs during the school 
day. 
‘‘(2) ALTERNATIVE GRANTEES.—The Secretary 
may award a grant under this section to a local 
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health or education department to carry out the ac-
tivities described in this section if the Secretary de-
termines that in such local area such department is 
the entity that would routinely carry out such activi-
ties. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—A school or department that de-
sires to receive a grant under this section shall submit an 
application at such time, in such manner, and accom-
panied by such information as the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(c) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—A school or depart-
ment that receives a grant under this section shall develop 
and implement a comprehensive school asthma manage-
ment plan, and may purchase asthma inhalers or spacers, 
or both, for emergency use, for students served by the 
school or department, as needed, as well as devices that 
measure pulmonary function or asthma education tools, 
or both. Such management plan shall include the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) A method to identify all students with a 
diagnosis of asthma. 
‘‘(2) An asthma action plan for each student 
with a diagnosis of asthma. 
‘‘(3) Asthma education for all school staff. 
‘‘(4) Access to medication and to methods to 
administer medication, for all students served by the 
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school or department who have asthma, based on the 
student’s prescription and individual needs. 
‘‘(5) Asthma medication and emergency policies 
that are specific to the school. 
‘‘(6) Protocols and training to support clinical 
management of acute symptoms of asthma and on-
going management of asthma. 
‘‘(7) A system to support ongoing coordination 
of asthma care with the family, the primary care 
provider, and others as necessary. 
‘‘(8) A method to monitor the quality and out-
comes of the care provided to each student served by 
the school or department who has asthma, including 
how often treatment is needed and what treatment 
students get. 
‘‘(d) GRANT RECIPIENT ACTIONS.—A school or de-
partment that receives a grant under this section shall— 
‘‘(1) utilize existing systems, when possible, in-
cluding the use of forms developed in accordance 
with section 504 forms of the Rehabilitation Act of 
1973 (20 U.S.C. 794); 
‘‘(2) find innovative ways— 
‘‘(A) to encourage bidirectional commu-
nication between schools and students’ physi-
cians in a rapid manner; and 
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‘‘(B) to encourage adherence to asthma 
treatment by students; and 
‘‘(3) ensure that a nurse or another individual 
who is trained to administer emergency asthma care 
is on staff. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and each of the 4 suc-
ceeding fiscal years.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in 
section 2 of such Act is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 5618 the following: 
‘‘SUBPART 22—ASTHMA MANAGEMENT PLANS 
‘‘Sec. 5621. Asthma management plans.’’. 
Æ 
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