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School committee adopts revised student immunization policy, rescinds three obsolete health policies
Summary
Members voted to revise JLCB to require licensed‑health‑care‑provider immunization certificates and rescinded three older health‑policy entries the nurse manager said were superseded by other policies and state guidance.
The Holliston School Committee unanimously approved a revised student immunization policy (JLCB) and voted to rescind three older, redundant health policies at its Feb. 13 meeting.
The revision updates language to require a licensed health‑care provider’s certificate attesting to immunization against communicable diseases “in accordance with current Massachusetts Department of Public Health required immunization schedules.” The change replaces earlier wording that referenced a physician and clarifies submission of documentation to the school nurse at the beginning of each year. The revised draft also repeats the standard MDPH exemption process for medical or religious exceptions.
School nurse leadership and the district’s school physician reviewed the changes, and the committee heard that two or three other health policies (on life‑threatening allergies, school nursing responses to opioid overdose and HIV/bloodborne pathogens) were being rescinded because they are now covered under consolidated policies on medications and communicable diseases.
Votes: A motion to approve the revision to JLCB passed by roll call. Separate motions to rescind JLTA (life‑threatening allergies), JLCE (opioid/overdose procedures) and the HIV‑related policy also passed by roll call.
Administration said the changes were procedural and intended to clear obsolete entries from the policy manual; staff emphasized that requirements for naloxone storage, allergy response and bloodborne pathogen precautions remain in current policies and public health rules.
