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Sheldon ISD SHAC recommends fentanyl-prevention assemblies; district outlines multi-year AWARE mental-health grant
Summary
The School Health Advisory Council recommended age-appropriate, research-based instruction on fentanyl and drug-poisoning awareness for grades 6–12 under House Bill 3908 and proposed spring assemblies using Council on Recovery presenters; officials also described a shared five-year AWARE grant that will fund campus mental-health staff.
The School Health Advisory Council (SHAC) told the Sheldon ISD board it recommends age-appropriate, research-based instruction for secondary students on fentanyl dangers and drug-poisoning awareness as required by House Bill 3908. SHAC members described a November presentation by Jimmy Atkinson and urged the board to use a Council on Recovery presenter, Ginny Addison, for spring assemblies at middle and high schools.
"House Bill 3908 gives duties to the SHAC to recommend to the board age-appropriate curriculum for instruction and the dangers of opioids," the…
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