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Board debates scope of proposed communicable‑disease policy, asks nurses and physicians to review
Summary
Board members raised questions about a draft communicable‑disease policy that consolidates older HIV/AIDS guidance and adds detailed exclusion and control procedures; members asked nurses, administration and medical advisors to review statutory citations and operational implications before any vote.
The Bedford School Board spent substantial time on June 9 discussing a proposed communicable‑and‑infectious‑disease policy (draft EBCG) that would replace several older policies, including discrete HIV/AIDS language, and that lists specific diseases and exclusion procedures.
Board members said they support protecting students and staff from serious infectious threats but disagreed about how prescriptive the policy should be and whether some language belongs in a procedure rather than a policy.
The draft EBCG consolidates earlier policies and, according to the materials, cross‑references RSA authority that permits exclusion of…
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