Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the School Health And Safety topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
County committee backs audit of schools' overdose-reversing medication compliance
Summary
The Education, Workforce and Development Committee of the Prince George's County Council on June 30 gave a favorable recommendation to CR-76-2025, a resolution asking the Prince George's County Board of Education and Prince George's County Public Schools to audit compliance with state and local requirements for overdose‑reversing medication in schools.
The Education, Workforce and Development Committee of the Prince George's County Council on June 30 gave a favorable recommendation to CR-76-2025, a resolution asking the Prince George's County Board of Education and Prince George's County Public Schools (PGCPS) to begin an audit of school system compliance with state and local requirements for overdose‑reversing medication in schools.
The resolution, introduced June 17 and summarized at the committee by Adrian Alber, committee director, calls for the audit to begin at the start of the 2025 school year and conclude in January 2026. Alber reported that the Office of Law found the resolution to be in proper legislative form and that David Noto, the policy analyst who prepared the fiscal impact statement, found no anticipated direct fiscal impact to county finances because “the state has set aside some money for medication and training,” with indirect fiscal impact likely favorable.
Council Member Aaron Hawkins, the lead sponsor, told the committee the measure grew out of meetings with parents who raised concerns about how overdose‑reversing medication would be administered when school nurses were not on site. “A lot of the schools, the nurses float from one school to another,” Hawkins said, and parents did not always know what protocols were in place when a nurse was absent.
Several council members asked the committee to ensure the audit examines training for external clinical partners that will be stationed in schools, including expanded school‑based health clinics. A council member asked that the audit look at whether peer support or other non‑nurse staff are authorized or trained to administer medication; committee staff agreed to include those questions when requesting information from the school system.
After a motion to give the resolution a favorable recommendation and a second, the clerk recorded a roll‑call vote of 5 ayes, 0 nays. The committee’s recommendation forwards the resolution for further action by the full council.
The committee did not adopt any changes to the resolution text during the hearing. The Office of Law and the policy analyst’s fiscal note are referenced in the committee record; no additional funding was requested at the meeting.
