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Parents tell Beaumont Unified board nurse retroactively revoked long‑standing medical exemptions
Summary
Two parents told the Beaumont Unified School District board that nurse-initiated revocations of long‑held medical exemptions—including one they say led to threats of student removal—denied due process; the parents said student services later granted an appeal after they escalated the matter to the board.
Two parents told the Beaumont Unified School District board on Sept. 23 that district nursing staff unlawfully revoked medical exemptions for their children and initially denied them a fair appeal.
"My child had a medical exemption on file, which we were accused of being a fake," Amina Edwards said during public testimony. She said her freshman received a removal letter in late August and that a second child, a junior, received a similar threat the next day. "I demanded my child's right to an appeal," she said, adding that appeals were repeatedly denied by the district nurse she named as Amy Hanley.
Ken Edwards, who…
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