SB 498

Abstract

Board of Education; guidelines on school-connected overdose policies; response and parental notification. Requires the Board of Education to establish guidelines for school-connected overdose response and parental notification policies to aid local school boards in the implementation of such policies. The bill requires such guidelines to include (i) a model action plan for each school board to follow in responding to any school-connected overdose, including communicating and coordinating with the Department of Education and the applicable law-enforcement liaison or the local law-enforcement agency that employs such school division's school resources officers, and (ii) criteria for issuing parental notification to ensure sensitivity to the privacy interests of affected individuals and compliance with any applicable law, rules, or regulations relating to the disclosure and protection of a minor's personal, confidential, or otherwise sensitive information. This bill is identical to HB 1504.

School-connected overdoses; policies relatingto parental notification and response; requirements. Requires each division superintendent or his designee to notify the parent of each student in the local school division of any school-connected overdose, defined as any verified overdose that occurs on school premises during or after regular school hours or during school-sanctioned activities whether on or off school premises, within 24 hours of learning of the overdose. The bill requires such notification to include as much information as is known about the circumstances surrounding the overdose, to the extent that the disclosure of any such information is not prohibited by any applicable law, rule, or regulation relating to the disclosure and protection of a minor's personal, confidential, or otherwise sensitive information. The bill requires the Board of Education to establish guidelinesfor school-connected overdose response and parental notificationpolicies, including (a) a model action plan for each school boardto follow in responding to the overdose, including communicatingand coordinating with the Department of Education and the local law-enforcementliaison or local law-enforcement agency that employs the school resourceofficers for such school division, and (b) criteria for issuing theparental notification to ensure sensitivity to the privacy interestsof any affected individuals.

School-connected overdoses; policies relatingto parental notification and response; requirements. Requireseach division superintendent or his designee to notify the parentof each student in the local school division of any school-connectedoverdose, defined as any verified overdose that occurs on schoolpremises during or after regular school hours or during school-sanctionedactivities whether on or off school premises, within 24 hours oflearning of the overdose and to include in such notification as muchinformation as is known about the circumstances surrounding the overdose. The bill requires the Board of Education to establish guidelinesfor school-connected overdose response and parental notificationpolicies, including (a) a model action plan for each school boardto follow in responding to the overdose, including communicatingand coordinating with the Department of Education and the local law-enforcementliaison or local law-enforcement agency that employs the school resourceofficers for such school division, and (b) criteria for issuing theparental notification to ensure sensitivity to the privacy interestsof any affected individuals.