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Committee discusses DESE school-nurse certification and union implications; item returned to sponsor
Summary
Committee member Ms. Babcock raised DESE school-nurse certification as a possible recruitment strategy; union president Kim Auger warned of labor-law constraints and a six-month disassociation rule; the committee referred the topic back to the sponsor for more information.
School committee member Ms. Babcock asked the Everett School Committee on Feb. 25 to examine the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education process for certifying school nurses as a potential way to address nurse shortages in schools. She said some nurses in other districts reported professional benefits from DESE certification and asked for time to present the DESE steps and a practitioner's experience.
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