HB 922 -- Allergy Prevention and Response in Schools

Sponsor:  Smith (14)

This bill requires each school district to adopt a policy on
allergy prevention and response by July 1, 2011, with priority
given to addressing potentially deadly food-borne allergies.
Elements that the policy must contain include distinguishing
between building-wide, classroom, and individual approaches to
allergy prevention and management; providing an age-appropriate
response to building-level and classroom-level allergy education
and prevention; describing the role of certificated and
noncertificated staff, parents, and other students in preventing
and mitigating allergies; addressing confidentiality issues
relating to sharing student medical information; and coordinating
with other entities to ensure that existing school safety and
environmental policies do not conflict.  The Department of
Elementary and Secondary Education, in cooperation with any
appropriate professional association, must develop a model policy
by July 1, 2010.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated November 17, 2009 at 9:25 am