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Katy ISD SHAC reports on fentanyl education, unassigned EpiPens and Title IX; board to consider council appointments
Summary
Katy ISD's School Health Advisory Council presented its annual report Monday, summarizing four SHAC meetings held at the district's Food Nutrition Building and the committee's work on health and safety topics required by state law.
Katy ISD's School Health Advisory Council presented its annual report Monday, summarizing four SHAC meetings held at the district's Food Nutrition Building and the committee's work on health and safety topics required by state law.
H.C. Grimmett, curriculum coordinator for health and physical education, told the board the council met twice in the fall and twice in the spring and reviewed items across the district's coordinated school health focus areas. "The purpose of my presentation tonight is to provide you with an annual report of our district's School Health Advisory Council, otherwise known as SHAC, as required by Senate Bill 2 83," Grimmett said.
Grimmett summarized content presented to SHAC members: elementary and junior high abuse and violence-prevention lessons provided in compliance with Senate Bill 9; a district-developed fentanyl Canvas course for secondary students that includes CDC-produced PSA material; an overview of the district's local wellness policy implementation; a briefing from Spring Branch Community Health Center on local community health services; information on an unassigned EpiPen program for campuses; Title IX guidance from the district's Office of General Counsel; and emergency notification updates, including planned rollout of Alertus software to provide instant classroom notifications.
Trustee Zeller asked about the Canvas fentanyl resource and how teachers would use it in junior high; Grimmett said it is an online resource secondary teachers may pull into a lesson or play briefly between classes. She said the abuse and violence-prevention lessons are provided with parental consent and that human growth/puberty instruction will be taught in the spring while counseling delivers abuse and violence prevention in the fall. "Yes. Also, still Parent consent. Yes," Grimmett said regarding consent.
Board members asked about the unassigned EpiPen program. Grimmett said campuses now maintain unassigned EpiPens that can be used in suspected anaphylaxis when a student has no prior prescription or parents are unavailable; administration and emergency procedures would apply and 9-1-1 would be called when the medication is administered.
The board was also presented a proposed SHAC membership list for calendar-year 2025 and staff reminded trustees that the board appoints at least five members and a majority must be parents who are not district employees. Trustees asked about a vacant nutrition services executive spot; staff said Lehi Carrier had accepted the district's executive director of nutrition and food services position earlier that day.
No formal vote on SHAC membership was recorded in the transcript; staff offered to provide additional details if trustees requested them.
Background: SHAC activity and meeting minutes are posted on the district SHAC page, and the council serves as a public forum for review of health education, wellness policy implementation and related community resources.
