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Equity
Coordinators
Wes Fowler
Perry
Rodocker
STUDENT HEALTH
Civil Rights Norbert Ibarra 563-263-
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Child Abuse
Investigator,
Level I
Family
Resources,
Inc.
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nurse, to develop administrative regulations
stating the procedures for dealing with students
with a communicable disease.
Infectious Control Program / Blood Borne
Pathogens
The Muscatine Community School District has
initiated procedures to develop and implement
an Infectious Control Program relating to the
control of infectious disease hazards where
employees may be exposed to direct contact
with body fluids. The Infectious Control Program
will be available to all district employees.
Communicable Diseases (Board Policy
505.3)
Students with a communicable disease will be
allowed to attend school provided their presence
does not create a substantial risk of illness or
transmission to other students or employees.
The term “communicable disease” shall mean
an infectious or contagious disease spread from
person to person, or animal to person, or as
defined by law.
Prevention and control of communicable
diseases shall be included in the school district’s
blood-borne pathogens exposure control plan.
The procedures shall include scope and
application, definitions, exposure control,
methods of compliance, universal precautions,
vaccination, post-exposure evaluation, follow-up,
communication of hazards to employees and
recordkeeping. This plan shall be reviewed
annually by the superintendent and school
nurse.
The health risk to immuno-depressed students
shall be determined by their personal physician.
The health risk to others in the school district
environment from the presence of a student with
a communicable disease shall be determined on
a case-by-case basis by the student’s personal
physician, a physician chosen by the school
district or public health officials.
A student shall notify the superintendent or the
school nurse when the student learns the
student has a communicable disease. It shall be
the responsibility of the superintendent, when
the superintendent or school nurse, upon
investigation, has knowledge that a reportable
communicable disease is present, to notify the
Iowa Department of Public Heath. Health data
of a student is confidential and it shall not be
disclosed to third parties.
It shall be the responsibility of the
superintendent, in conjunction with the school
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STUDENT RECORDS
(Board Policy 506.1)
The Board recognizes the importance of
maintaining student records and preserving their
confidentiality. All student records containing
personally identifiable information shall be kept
confidential at collection, storage, disclosure and
destruction stages. Student records shall be
maintained by the principal and housed in the
school building.
Parents, eligible students or their
representatives shall have access to the
student's records. An eligible student is a
student who has reached the age of majority or
is attending an institution of post-secondary
education. If the student is an eligible student,
the parent shall not be provided access without
the written permission of the student. If the
eligible student is still a dependent student, as
defined by the Internal Revenue Code, the
parents may be provided access without the
written permission of the student. Except as
otherwise provided in this policy, no one else
shall have access to a student's records without
the written permission of the parent or eligible
student. A representative of the parents or
eligible student, who has received written
permission from the parents or eligible student,
may inspect and review a special education
student’s student records. A parent cannot be
denied access to a student's records without a
court order. Annually, the school district shall
notify parents and eligible students of their rights
to view the student's records. The notice shall
be given in a parent's or eligible student's native
language.
A student record may contain information on
more than one student. Parents shall have the
right to access the information relating to their
student or to be informed of the information.