A Reference Guide of the Bakersfield City School District

HEALTHAssistance with MedicationWhen a child is required to take any medication, including over-the-counter and herbal products, during the regularschool day, the parent or guardian must request assistance of school personnel in administering medication. To providethis assistance, the school must receive written instructions from a prescribing physician licensed in California and awritten request from the parent or guardian. Appropriate forms are to be picked up at the school or printed from theBCSD Health Services website (http://www.bcsd.com/health/) prior to going to the doctor.Education Code 49423, 49480Crisis Prevention and InterventionWhen a crisis situation occurs, school personnel are authorized to respond. A crisis may include, but is not limited tosuicide threat, natural disaster or death/injury. School psychologists are authorized to provide up to three counselingsessions to students without written parent permission. However, when students are provided individual services,parent notification will be attempted following the first session.Child Abuse and Neglect ReportingChild abuse is a physical injury or death which is inflicted by other than accidental means on a child by another person.It also means: (1) the sexual abuse of a child; (2) willful cruelty or unjustifiable punishment of a child, or willfullyinflicting unjustifiable physical pain or mental suffering, or failure to safeguard a child from these injuries when thechild is under a person's care or custody; (3) unlawful corporal punishment or injury resulting in a traumatic condition;and (4) neglect of a child or abuse in out-of-home care to include a public school.Upon the request of a parent, the Superintendent’s designee shall provide parents/guardians with procedures wherebythey can report suspected child abuse occurring at a school site to appropriate agencies. Such procedures shall be in theprimary language of the parent/guardian and, when communicating orally regarding those procedures, an interpretershall be provided for parents/guardians whose primary language is other than English.To file a complaint against a district employee or other person suspected of child abuse or neglect at a school site,parents/guardians may communicate by telephone, in person, or in writing with the Kern County Department of HumanServices-Child Protective Services or the appropriate law enforcement agency. If a parent/guardian makes a complaintto any district employee, that employee must notify the parent/guardian of procedures for filing a complaint with theappropriate agency and is obligated to file a report himself/herself using the procedures for mandated reporters.In addition, if the child is enrolled in special education, a separate complaint may be filed by the parent/guardian withthe California Department of Education under Title 5 California Code of Regulations Section 4650 Subsection (a)(viii)(C).Penal Code 11164-11174.3; Education Code Section 48987; Title 5 California Code of Regulations Section 4611;Child Abuse and Neglect: Prevention and Reporting Training Manual for the Bakersfield City School District (July2006).Human ReproductionPart of the 4th, 5th and 7th-grade science curriculum includes teaching human reproduction. Fourth and fifth-gradestudents will study the functioning of male and female reproductive systems and changes related to puberty. Seventhgradestudents will study human reproduction and development. Included will be cell division, development of the57