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  1. Reduce the proportion of people with disabilities reporting environmental barriers to participation in home, school, work, and community activities. (Objective 6-12)
  2. Increase the proportion of children and youth with disabilities who spend at least 80% of their time in regular education programs. (Objective 6-9)
  3. Increase high school completion. (Objective 7-1)
  4. Increase the proportion of middle, junior high, and senior high schools that provide comprehensive school health education to prevent health problems in the following areas: unintentional injury; violence; suicide; tobacco use and addiction; alcohol or other drug use; unintended pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, and STD infection; unhealthy dietary patterns; inadequate physical activity; and environmental health. (Objective 7-2)
  5. Increase the proportion of the Nation's elementary, middle, junior high, and senior high schools that have a nurse-to-student ratio of at least 1:750. (Objective 7-4)
  6. Increase the proportion of the Nation's primary and secondary schools that have official school policies ensuring the safety of students and staff from environmental hazards, such as chemicals in special classrooms, poor indoor air quality, asbestos, and exposure to pesticides. (Objective 8-20)
  7. Increase the proportion of young adults who have received formal instruction before turning age 18 years on reproductive health issues, including all of the following topics: birth control methods, safer sex to prevent HIV, prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, and abstinence. (Objective 9-11)
  8. Maintain vaccination coverage levels for children in licensed day care facilities and children in kindergarten through the first grade. (Objective 14-23)
  9. Increase routine vaccination coverage levels for adolescents. (Objective 14-27)
  10. Increase the proportion of public and private schools that require use of appropriate head, face, eye, and mouth protection for students participating in school-sponsored physical activities. (Objective 15-31)
  11. Reduce physical fighting among adolescents. (Objective 15-38)
  12. Reduce weapon carrying by adolescents on school property. (Objective 15-39)
  13. Increase the proportion of children and adolescents aged 6 to 19 years whose intake of meals and snacks at schools contributes proportionally to good overall dietary quality. (Objective 19-15)
  14. Increase the proportion of school-based health centers with an oral health component. (Objective 21-13)
  15. Increase the proportion of the Nation's public and private schools that require daily physical education for all students. (Objective 22-8)
  16. Increase the proportion of adolescents who participate in daily school physical education. (Objective 22-9)
  17. Increase the proportion of adolescents who spend at least 50 percent of school physical education class time being physically active. (Objective 22-10)
  18. Increase the proportion of the Nation's public and private schools that provide access to their physical activity spaces and facilities for all persons outside of normal school hours (that is, before and after the school day, on weekends, and during summer and other vacations). (Objective 22-12)
  19. Reduce the number of school or work days missed by persons with asthma due to asthma. (Objective 24-5)
  20. Increase smoke-free and tobacco-free environments in schools, including all school facilities, property, vehicles, and school events. (Objective 27-11)
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