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School nurses; sickle cell disease training.
Directs local school divisions to require school nurses to complete, within six months of employment and at least every three years thereafter, an online or in-person course of instruction approved by the Board in collaboration with the Department of Health regarding recognition and management of sickle cell disease. This bill is identical to SB 822.
Source: OpenStates · fetched April 13, 2026
School nurses will receive training on the recognition and management of sickle cell disease, which may lead to improved care for students with this condition.
Students with sickle cell disease may experience better health outcomes and support in school due to more knowledgeable school nurses.
- Person with a disabilitydirectModerate impactHigh certainty
School nurses will receive training on the recognition and management of sickle cell disease, which may lead to improved care for students with this condition.
“Directs local school divisions to require school nurses to complete, within six months of employment and at least every three years thereafter, an online or in-person course of instruction approved by the Board in collaboration with the Department of Health regarding recognition and management of sickle cell disease.”· School nurses; sickle cell disease training.
- Person with a disabilityindirectModerate impactHigh certainty
Students with sickle cell disease may experience better health outcomes and support in school due to more knowledgeable school nurses.
“regarding recognition and management of sickle cell disease.”· School nurses; sickle cell disease training.
- Requires school nurses to complete sickle cell disease training.
- Training must be completed within six months of employment and every three years thereafter.
- Training content to be approved by the Board in collaboration with the Department of Health.
- D · PrimeBriana Sewell
- D · CoJessica Anderson
- D · CoBonita Anthony
- D · CoElizabeth Bennett-Parker
- D · CoGretchen Bulova
- D · CoKatrina Callsen
- D · CoKaren Carnegie
- D · CoBetsy Carr
- D · CoStacey Annie Carroll
- D · CoLaura Jane Cohen
- D · CoJoshua Cole
- D · CoNicole Cole
- D · CoRae Cousins
- D · CoKarrie Delaney
- D · CoLindsey Dougherty
- D · CoMark Downey
- D · CoMichael Feggans
- D · CoLily Franklin
- D · CoMargaret Franklin
- D · CoDebra Gardner
- D · CoJackie Glass
- D · CoElizabeth Guzman
- D · CoC.E. Hayes
- D · CoRozia Henson
- D · CoPhil Hernandez
- D · CoCharniele Herring
- D · CoPatrick Hope
- D · CoKaren Keys-Gamarra
- D · CoAmy Laufer
- D · CoDestiny LeVere Bolling
- D · CoAlfonso Lopez
- D · CoMichelle Maldonado
- D · CoMarty Martinez
- D · CoAdele McClure
- D · CoDelores McQuinn
- D · CoLeslie Chambers Mehta
- D · CoMay Nivar
- D · CoKimberly Pope Adams
- D · CoMarcia Price
- D · CoSam Rasoul
- D · CoAtoosa Reaser
- D · CoCharlie Schmidt
- D · CoIrene Shin
- D · CoMarcus Simon
- D · CoJ.J. Singh
- D · CoJoshua Thomas
- D · CoVirgil Thornton
- D · CoLuke Torian
- D · CoKathy Tran
- D · CoJeion Ward
- D · CoVivian Watts
- D · CoRodney Willett
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