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Board to add naloxone, glucagon and albuterol to emergency supplies in all schools
Summary
Administrators told the board they will stock emergency medications — naloxone, glucagon and albuterol — in each school following recent Wisconsin Acts; school nurses will oversee use and the district physician will write prescriptions where required, and the administration will update intake/consent procedures as needed.
District administrators told the Mount Horeb board the district will stock opioid-overdose reversal kits (naloxone), glucagon for severe hypoglycemia and beta-2 agonists (albuterol) across all school buildings in response to recent state law changes.
"We want to start carrying that within schools," the presenter said, noting statutes passed this year and additional Wisconsin Acts (193, 194 and 195) that prompted the policy update. Administration said the district physician will be available to write standing prescriptions and school nurses will manage storage and administration in emergencies.
Board members asked operational questions: whether albuterol would be kept as an inhaler or require nebulizer equipment, how often supplies expire and whether online registration forms need new parental-authority language. Administrators said the supplies are intended for emergency use (for example, a student who runs out of their medication or a sudden overdose) and that many cases will already have a parent-authorized health plan on file; they will add clarifying registration language as appropriate.
The board discussed training needs for nurses and support staff and confirmed Good Samaritan protections would apply when staff act in good faith. No final vote was recorded during the discussion; the policy language will be updated and returned for formal action.
