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1 1 Section 1. Section 256.7, Code 1995, is amended by adding
1 2 the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 21. Determine, in collaboration with the
1 4 departments of public health and human services, an adequate
1 5 ratio of school nurses to school students to meet the health
1 6 needs of children from ages zero to twenty-one years in order
1 7 to permit students with serious, acute, or chronic health
1 8 problems to remain in the least restrictive environment and to
1 9 address regular and special education students' health needs
1 10 within the school setting. The board shall adopt rules
1 11 establishing guidelines for the employment of or contracting
1 12 for school nurses in the ratio determined.
1 13 EXPLANATION
1 14 This bill directs the state board of education to
1 15 determine, in collaboration with the departments of public
1 16 health and human services, an adequate ratio of school nurses
1 17 to school students to meet the health needs of children from
1 18 ages zero to 21 in order to permit students with serious,
1 19 acute, or chronic health problems to remain in the least
1 20 restrictive environment and to address regular and special
1 21 education students' health needs within the school setting.
1 22 The board shall adopt rules establishing guidelines for the
1 23 employment of or contracting for school nurses in the ratio
1 24 determined.
1 25 LSB 4073SV 76
1 26 kh/sc/14
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