Public schools; guidelines and policies regarding school-connected overdoses, parental notification.
Summary
Public schools; guidelines and policies regarding school-connected overdoses; parental notification; response and prevention. Directs the Board of Education to develop and distribute to each local school board guidelines on policies and procedures relating to school-connected overdose response and prevention. The bill requires each school board to notify the parent of each student in the local school division of any school-connected overdose within 24 hours of such overdose occurring and permits each school board to provide such notification through telephone, email, or other methods of notification, provided that such method of notification is consistent with the guidelines developed by the Board. Finally, the bill directs each school board to fully implement the provisions of the bill by the 2024-2025 school year.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 10, 2024
Last action Feb 13, 2024
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4
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Committee
2
Jan 29, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood
lower
Jan 10, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Geary Higgins
RRepublican
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