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Board clarifies medication policy, treats naloxone as emergency medication and removes some booster-club restrictions
Summary
Trustees approved administrative changes to policies JGFG and JHA clarifying when staff may assist with medication and designating naloxone (Narcan) as emergency medication; the board also removed a provision barring employees from holding booster-club officer roles and language forbidding booster clubs from contributing to personnel supplements.
The Pearl River County School District board approved administrative updates to policy files (including JGFG and JHA) to clarify medication administration and to address booster-club conflicts of interest.
Trustees discussed language that had previously been interpreted as prohibiting staff from administering medication and decided to make a targeted change clarifying that staff may assist in emergency situations and under specified conditions. During discussion members noted the availability of naloxone (Narcan) on campus and that nurse(s) and designated staff (one speaker referenced a staff member named Brandon) have access to emergency medication; board members also discussed that naloxone is intended to help in suspected opioid overdose emergencies and that some training is required to have it available.
The board also agreed to remove or reword a provision that prevented district employees from holding booster-club officer roles or appearing on booster-club signature cards; language that forbade booster clubs from contributing funds toward personnel supplements was likewise struck. Trustees said the changes were intended to be more specific and to avoid unintended barriers to booster-club fundraising while preserving proper financial controls.
Roll-call votes recorded approval of the policy items; District Five was absent for the votes reported in the transcript.
What the board decided: the administrative changes were approved; the transcript does not show implementing procedures or an immediate implementation timeline, so staff will need to adopt clarifying operational guidance and training where required.
What remains to do: staff should clarify training requirements, chain-of-command for emergency medication administration, and how booster-club financial oversight will be documented going forward.
