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Board gives first reading to rewritten health, medication and wellness policies; seizure-safe law cited
Summary
The school board gave first reading to multiple policy revisions addressing life‑saving medications (including Narcan), individual health care plans tied to the Seizure Safe School Act (Bill 3309), medication-assistance procedures, and updates to wellness fundraisers and administrative rules.
Doctor Morrow King, a district official, presented a set of policy additions and revisions at the school-board meeting and recommended they receive first reading.
King outlined changes to policy JLCDB (use of life‑saving medications), noting the district currently has Narcan available and is considering adding epinephrine auto‑injectors (EpiPens) in the next school year. "Special note, right now, Narcan is the only life saving medication that we have implemented at this time. We are looking at the possibility of including EpiPens for the upcoming school year," King said.
King also presented policy JLCDA, which formalizes Individual Health Care Plans (IHPs) and emergency action plans; he cited the Seizure Safe School Act (Bill 3309), which the presenter said becomes effective July 1, 2025, and makes certain seizure-related plans mandatory. King said training tied to that law has already been implemented.
Additional revisions included policy JLCD (assisting students with medications), which King said aligns district practice with updated state guidelines and clarifies that school personnel will not dispense medications except under administrative guidelines. The administrative rule ARJLCDR that accompanies JLCD was also presented. King described changes to policy ADF (school wellness), including a clarification of how many single-day "smart snack" exemptions a school may use for fundraisers and examples of exempted sales (off-site sales, adult-only sales, donated items, etc.). King closed by noting updated permission forms for prescription and nonprescription medication assistance.
A board member moved to give first reading to the presented policies; the motion was approved by voice vote. The vote was taken at the meeting without a roll call; individual member votes were not specified on the record. The approval was for first reading only — final adoption will require a future board vote.
The policy revisions cited a state law (Bill 3309) and various state guidance documents as the reason for the updates. The changes affect school nursing procedures, emergency health planning for students, and how schools may run certain fundraisers under the district wellness policy.
