Milwaukee School District board approves confidentiality agreement to reconcile immunization records

At a special meeting, the Milwaukee School District board approved a confidentiality agreement described in the meeting as intended to allow the district and a health department to reconcile immunization records and support municipal disease-control investigations.

The recommendation to approve the "Mulaki Public Schools confidentiality agreement" was moved by Director Herendens and approved by the board on a roll call vote recorded in the meeting. A staff member clarified that the agreement does not include certain "director data and other information records," which the staff said are exempt from the confidentiality requirement as read during the presentation.

Board members present for the vote included Director Funes, Director Gerdin, Director Jackson, Director Gallerin, Director Reza and Director Simpson; the meeting record shows the motion carried (the transcript records the result as "Passes").

The agreement was presented during a special meeting that was broadcast from the Central Services Building and made available by the district on its broadcast page, according to meeting remarks. Meeting participants were reminded that this special meeting would not take public comment.

No dollar amounts, implementation timeline or specific health-agency name beyond the phrasing used in the presentation were stated in the transcript. The board did not expand on the mechanics of how records would be transferred or reconciled during the recorded discussion.