Littlestown Area School District staff propose replacing brand name with "opioid antagonist" and advise against indemnifying untrained volunteers

Littlestown Area School District staff recommended revising Policy 08/23 to remove a brand name reference and replace it with the term "opioid antagonist," and advised the board that volunteers who have not received required training should not be indemnified.

The recommendation, presented during the policy review, was framed as an update to reflect multiple commercially available products instead of naming a single brand. A district staff member said the change would use the generic term "opioid antagonist" because "there's other brands out there," and noted availability of such products through common retailers.

The staff member also told the board that the district does not currently train volunteers to administer naloxone (brand name Narcan) and recommended against extending indemnification to volunteers who have not completed training. "We currently do not train volunteers on Narcan, so it is our recommendation that we don't then indemnify them," the staff member said. The staff member added that one policy provision defines "employee" to include approved volunteers who have received required training, but reiterated the recommendation not to extend indemnification where training is not provided.

Board members asked for clarification on related language; staff briefly referenced Policy 08/24 (maintain professional adult–student boundaries) in the same review window but did not propose substantive changes to that policy during this discussion.

No formal vote or motion on the revisions to Policy 08/23 was recorded in the transcript excerpt; the record reflects a staff recommendation and clarifying discussion only. Any final change to the district policy would require formal action by the board at a subsequent step.