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Board approves MOU for student assessments in drug-policy cases; updates medication-administration policy
Summary
The board approved an MOU with Care for Change to provide post-incident assessments that can reduce out-of-school suspensions under policy FNCF, and approved revisions to the district medication-administration policy (FFACA) clarifying emergency medication acceptance procedures.
The Edmond Public Schools board approved two items affecting student supports and health-care procedures: an MOU with Care for Change to provide assessments following student drug- and alcohol-policy violations, and a revision to the district's medication-administration policy.
Assessment services for discipline cases Board members approved a memorandum of understanding with Care for Change to provide behavioral-health assessments for students who violate policy FNCF (drug- and alcohol-free schools). Under the district's policy, a student who violates the drug-and-alcohol policy can reduce a suspension (from 30 days out-of-school suspension) if they obtain an assessment and then meet with the school counselor and follow the assessor's recommendations; meeting those conditions can reduce the penalty to 10 days out-of-school suspension and 5 days in-school suspension. The district said Northcare previously provided assessments but is not available this year; Care for Change currently provides similar services for other local districts.
Medication-administration policy (FFACA) revisions The board also approved revisions to policy FFACA. Staff explained the policy update incorporated provisions from the Emerson-Kate Cole Act and restored provisions that had been removed from a previous policy 5530 review. A district nurse explained that the policy allows the district to accept emergency medications without a doctor's signature, provided a pharmacy label and written parent consent are present; this practice results from a 2022 policy review and is intended to allow schools to accept inhalers, glucagon or other emergency medications in the short term while awaiting a physician signature.
Why it matters: the MOU affects how students receive assessments that can reduce suspension days and guide in-school support, while the medication-policy revision clarifies how schools will accept emergency medications during interim periods and aligns the district with prior policy review decisions.
The board approved each item by roll call (votes recorded in the meeting transcript).
