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Averill Park board adopts updated student health policy to broaden epinephrine devices
Summary
The board unanimously adopted revisions to policy 5420 to broaden its language on epinephrine delivery devices to include newer options (for example, nasal devices) following health department guidance; the director of nursing recommended retaining the director-of-nursing role noted in the policy.
The Averill Park Central School District Board of Education unanimously adopted revisions to policy 5420 (student health services) on June 8, updating the policy’s language to reflect current health-department guidance on epinephrine delivery.
Board discussion clarified the change is intended to reference a wider range of devices used to deliver epinephrine in emergency situations — not only traditional auto-injectors. A board member summarized the amendment as a change “from an auto injector device to…general epinephrine devices,” and another noted the policy should explicitly cover nasal delivery systems. Director of nursing Val Miller recommended keeping the director-of-nursing designation in the policy language to reflect operational practice.
A board member raised a records question about whether portions of the policy should be marked as required by New York State law; administrators confirmed the checkboxes in the policy draft were correct and that the district is in compliance with applicable state guidance. The board moved to waive the second reading and adopt the revised policy; the motion passed unanimously.
The revised policy will be reflected in the district’s policies repository and is intended to give nursing staff clarity about acceptable emergency epinephrine devices and roles in administering them.
