A program for annual inspection, in addition to those conducted by authorized agencies, of the equipment, facilities, and grounds will be conducted as part of the maintenance schedule for school district buildings and sites.  The results of this inspection will be reported to the board at its annual meeting.  Further, the board may conduct its own inspection of the school district buildings and sites annually.

 

 

Legal Reference:  Iowa Code § 279.8 (2013).

Cross Reference:  802       Maintenance, Operation and Management

Approved:  Jan. 12, 1998, July 17, 2017    
Reviewed:   Aug. 24, 2005; June 19, 2017    
Revised:  June 19, 2017    

 

The school district will maintain a warning system designed to inform students, employees, and visitors in the facilities of an emergency.  This system will be maintained on a regular basis under the maintenance plan for school district buildings and sites.

Students will be informed of this system according to board policy.  Each classroom and office will have a plan for helping those in need of assistance to safety during an emergency.  This will include, but not be limited to, students and employees with disabilities.

Licensed employees will be responsible for instructing students on the proper techniques to be followed during an emergency.  It will be the responsibility of the superintendent to develop administrative regulations regarding this policy.

 

 

Legal Reference:  Iowa Code § 100.31 (2013).

Cross Reference:  507       Student Health and Well-Being
                                       711.7    School Bus Safety Instruction
                                       804       Safety Program

Approved:  Jan. 12, 1998, July 17, 2017      
Reviewed:   Aug. 24, 2005; June 19, 2017        
Revised:  June 19, 2017                               

 

As soon as a bomb threat is reported to the administration, the school district facility should be cleared immediately.  A thorough search will be made by the appropriate school district or law enforcement officials.  Employees and students will remain outside the school district facility until it is determined that danger no longer exists.

 

 

Legal Reference:  Iowa Code § 279.8 (2013).

Cross Reference:  804       Safety Program

Approved:  Jan. 12, 1998, July 17, 2017        
Reviewed:   Aug. 24, 2005; June 19, 2017   
Revised:  June 19, 2017

 

Friable and non-friable asbestos containing materials will be maintained in good condition and appropriate precautions will be followed when the material is disturbed.  If there is a need to replace asbestos it will be replaced with non-asbestos containing materials.  Each school building will maintain a copy of the asbestos management plan.

The school district will appoint and train appropriate employees as necessary.

 

 

Legal Reference:  20 U.S.C. §§ 3601 et seq. (2012).
                                       40 C.F.R. Pt. 763.84 (2012).
                                       Iowa Code §§ 279.52-.54 (2013).

Cross Reference:  403.4    Hazardous Chemical Disclosure
                                       802       Maintenance, Operation and Management

Approved:  March 14, 1988, July 17, 2017      
Reviewed:   Aug. 24, 2005; June 19, 2017       
Revised:                         

 

The Fairfield Community School District seeks to provide a safe environment for students, staff, and visitors who are at risk of severe allergic reactions. Therefore, it is the policy of the district to annually obtain a prescription for epinephrine auto-injectors from a licensed health care professional, in the name of the school district, for administration by a school nurse or personnel trained and authorized to a student or individual who may be experiencing an anaphylactic reaction.

Procurement and maintenance of supply: The district will stock a minimum of one pediatric dose and one adult dose epinephrine auto-injector for each school building. The supply of such auto-injectors will be maintained in a secure, dark, temperature-controlled location in each school building.

A school nurse will routinely check stock epinephrine auto-injectors and document in a log monthly:

• The expiration date;
• Any visualized particles; or
• Color change.

The employee will be responsible for ensuring the district replaces, as soon as reasonably possible, any logged epinephrine auto-injector that is used, close to expiration, or discolored or has particles visible in the liquid.

Training: A school nurse or personnel trained and authorized may provide or administer an epinephrine auto-injector from a school supply to a student or individual if the authorized personnel or school nurse reasonably and in good faith believes the student or individual is having an anaphylactic reaction. Training to obtain a signed certificate to become personnel authorized to administer an epinephrine auto-injector will consist of the requirements established by law.

Authorized personnel will be required to provide a procedural skills demonstration to the school nurse demonstrating competency in the administration of stock epinephrine auto-injectors to retain authorization to administer stock epinephrine auto-injectors if the following occur:

• Failure to administer an epinephrine auto-injector to a student or individual by proper route, failure to administer the correct dosage, or failure to administer an epinephrine auto-injector according to generally accepted standards of practice  (“medication error”); or
• Accidental injection of an epinephrine auto-injector into a digit of the authorized personnel administering the medication (“medication incident”). 

Reporting: The district will contact emergency medical services (911) immediately after a stock epinephrine auto-injector is administered to a student or individual. The school nurse or authorized personnel will remain with the student or individual until emergency medical services arrive.

Within 48 hours, the district will report to the Iowa Department of Education:

• Each medication incident with the administration of stock epinephrine;
• Each medication error with the administration of stock epinephrine; or
• The administration of a stock epinephrine auto-injector.

As provided by law, the district, board, authorized personnel or school nurse, and the prescriber will not be liable for any injury arising from the provision, administration, failure to administer, or assistance in the administration of an epinephrine auto-injector provided they acted reasonably and in good faith.

The superintendent may develop an administrative process to implement this policy.

 

 

Legal Reference:  Iowa Code §§ 135.185; 279.8.
                                        281 I.A.C. 14.3.

Cross Reference:  507.2    Administration of Medication

Approved:  Feb. 11, 2002, July 17, 2017         
Reviewed:   Aug. 24, 2005; June 19, 2017       
Revised:  June 19, 2017