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Board adopts bleeding-control policy with language amended to assign development to superintendent
Summary
After debate over statutory language, the Isle of Wight County School Board adopted a new Bleeding Control Program policy required by state law but amended the text to explicitly designate the superintendent to develop the program; vote passed 3–2.
The board debated and adopted a policy to implement a bleeding control program in public schools after discussion about whether the policy should state the board itself 'develops' the program or delegate that responsibility to the superintendent.
The contested language mirrors recently enacted state legislative language that reads, in part, "each school board shall develop and implement a bleeding…
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