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Show AIDS policy proposed By DONETA GATHERUM FARMINGTON The Davis County Board of Education has moved four important new policies from a first reading item to an action ac-tion item. Up for final approval at an August board meeting will be a communicable disease policy, a truancy policy, a make-up credit in secondary schools policy and a transfer policy for student athletes. The six-page communicable disease dis-ease policy is carefully worded so that it conforms to federal statutory and regulatory laws. It covers students stu-dents with "HTLV-I1I-LAV, HIV, AIDS and Communicable disease an illness' ' due to a specific infec- in strict confidence in accordance with federal and state laws and regulations. reg-ulations. The number of personnel who are aware of the student's condition con-dition should "be kept at a minimum mini-mum needed to assure proper care of the child and to detect situations where the potential for transmission transmis-sion may increase." The policy covers employees infected in-fected with the same diseases in a manner that parallels that used for students. A review team is used instead in-stead of a placement team. Their job is to determine the seriousness of the problem and if the employee poses a significant risk of communicating communi-cating the disease to others in the tious agent or its toxic products which arise through transmission of that agent or its products from a reservoir to a susceptible host." The new policy makes it mandatory manda-tory for parents or guardians of students stu-dents who have tested positive for these conditions to inform the principal prin-cipal of this fact as soon as possible. Any employee who has knowledge of a student infected with a communicable com-municable disease must inform the principal of the student's school and the principal is then responsible responsi-ble to contact the student's parents or guardians in order to verify the accuracy of such information. The principal is responsible for informing the area doctor, the superintendent su-perintendent and the Board of Education Edu-cation as soon as possible. After notification has been given to the proper administrators, the area director shall appoint a "placement team" consisting of the student's physician, a representative represen-tative from the Davis County Health Department, the student's parent or guardian, the student's teacher, the school principal and the director of special education." At the direction of the superintendent, superinten-dent, a physician selected by the Board of Education and-or a representative repre-sentative from the Utah State Health Department will also belong to the "Placement Team." The Placement Team "shall meet and establish an interim educational education-al program as quickly as possible so as to minimize the impact on the student's educational process." The next step is for the placement place-ment team to prepare an appropriate appropri-ate long-term educational program for the student keeping in mind several sev-eral specific factors. The policy sets standards that must be met if a student is removed from the classroom on a temporary basis. Finally, all information relating to the student's illness shall be held work place. The Board of Education reviews the findings of the review team. The other policies up for adoption adop-tion during the month of August are simple to understand. In conformity to state legislation written by Davis District Curriculum Curricu-lum Supervisor and Utah State Senator, David Steele, any student accused of truancy will be issued a citation requiring a fee of up to $25 to be paid to the school office within with-in two weeks of the offense. Students Stu-dents may appeal the citation in writing to the school principal. Make-up credit is another policy that will be adopted in order to conform con-form to new state laws. Each junior and senior high school will establish estab-lish after school remediation and-or summer make-up programs for seventh and eighth grade students who receive a first, second or third term grade of "F" in a core curriculum curricu-lum subject. A $12 fee will be charged for each remediation program. Students receiving a semester grade of "F" in a core subject will attend a make-up course for a fee of $45 for each subject or class. Students entering the tenth grade who have not successfully completed com-pleted all core work will be enrolled on a probationary status. Performance Perform-ance will be reviewed with their counselor at the end of the first term of high school. The policy regulating athletic competition transfer requests can be summarized in one sentence, "Student transfers for athletic-activity athletic-activity competition reasons alone ate not allowed." If a specific competitive program is not available at the local school, a transfer may be granted. Intentions must be submitted in writing and the principal at both the local school and the receiving school must approve the request in writing. |