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Dorchester School District 4 adopts policy to allow nasal epinephrine (NEFFY) kits after suspending two‑reading rule
Summary
Superintendent described NEFFY nasal kits as an alternative to epinephrine pens and the board voted to suspend the two‑reading policy requirement and immediately adopt revised medication policies to allow the kits in school clinics.
Superintendent Beckwith told the board March 18 that the district received 'NEFFY kits,' nasal formulations intended to work alongside epinephrine pens, and that policy language must be updated to permit storage and use in school clinics. Beckwith said the district wants to move quickly to make the medication available this semester rather than wait for a second reading.
To expedite the change, the board voted to suspend the two‑reading requirement for policy BG/BGD and then voted to adopt the revised medication policy (recorded in the minutes as 'JLCB d b' and its associated regulation). A subsequent motion to reinstate policy BG/BGD was also approved. No substantive debate was recorded on the board floor beyond procedural votes and support for the expedited timeline.
Superintendent Beckwith framed the change as a student‑safety measure that would allow quicker access to a nasal alternative to injectable epinephrine in school clinics.
