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Panel narrows school overdose-notification language, orders model guidance
Summary
Senate Bill 1240 would require school divisions to notify parents within 24 hours of a school‑connected suspected overdose. Supporters, including a VDOE official and affected families, urged the requirement; school boards urged balancing privacy and specificity; the committee amended the bill to limit certain circumstance details and recommended reporting as amended.
Richmond — The subcommittee considered SB 1240, a bill to require local school divisions to notify parents within 24 hours when a verified or suspected school‑connected opioid overdose occurs.
A parent who lost a teenage son to fentanyl poisoning told the panel that timely notification could provide families a chance to intervene: "If the house is on fire, we're asking that someone hit the smoke alarm," she said, asking the…
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