Health services are an integral part of comprehensive school improvement, assisting all students to increase learning, achievement, and performance. Health services coordinate and support existing programs to assist each student in achievement of an optimal state of physical, mental and social well being. Student health services ensure continuity and create linkages between school, home, and community service providers. The school district’s comprehensive school improvement plan, needs, and resources determine the linkages.
The superintendent, in conjunction with the (school nurse, health advisory committee, public health nurse, school health team, etc.) will develop administrative regulations implementing this policy. The superintendent will provide a written report on the role of health services in the education program to the board annually.
Note: This is a mandatory policy. If a school district will be using federal money to perform physical exams or screenings on students, the school district must annually notify parents of the exam or screening except for hearing, vision or scoliosis. The following language is suggested:
“The school district will annually notify parents of physical exams or screenings conducted on students except for vision, hearing or scoliosis.”
For more detailed discussion of this issue, see IASB's Policy Primer, Vol. 14 #3- June 28, 2001.
| Legal Reference: | 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq. 34 C.F.R. pt. 99, 104, 200, 300 et seq. 29 U.S.C. § 794(a) 28 C.F.R. 35 20 U.S.C. 1232g § 1400 6301 et seq.. Iowa Code §§ 22.7, 139A.3. .8, .21; 143.1, 152, 256.7(24), .11, 280.23 . 281 I.A.C. 12.3(4), (7), (11); 12.4(12); 12.8 282 I.A.C. 22. 641 I.A.C. 7. 655 I.A.C. 6 |
| I.C. Iowa Code | Description |
|---|---|
| Iowa Code § 139A | Communicable/Infectious Diseases |
| Iowa Code § 143.1 | Public Health Nurses |
| Iowa Code § 152 | Nursing |
| Iowa Code § 22.7 | Confidential Records |
| Iowa Code § 256.11 | DE - Educational Standards |
| Iowa Code § 256.7 | DE - Duties of State Board |
| Iowa Code § 280.23 | Student Health Services |
| I.A.C. Iowa Administrative Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 281 I.A.C. 12.3 | Administration |
| 281 I.A.C. 12.4 | School Personnel |
| 281 I.A.C. 12.8 | General Accreditation Standards - Student Achievement |
| 282 I.A.C. 22 | Educational Examiners - Authorizations |
| 641 I.A.C. 7 | Public Health - Immunizations |
| 655 I.A.C 6 | Nursing |
| U.S.C - United States Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 20 U.S.C. § 1232g | Education - FERPA |
| 20 U.S.C. § 6301 | Education - Elementary and Secondary Improvement |
| 20 U.S.C. 1400 | Education - IDEA - Findings, Purposes |
| 29 U.S.C. §§ 794 | Labor - Vocation Rehab Rights |
| 42 U.S.C. § 12101 | Public Health - Equal Opportunity - Disabilities |
| C.F.R. - Code of Federal Regulations | Description |
|---|---|
| 28 C.F.R. 35 | Judicial - Disability - Nondiscrimination |
| 34 C.F.R. Pt. 104 | Education - Nondiscrimination on Basis of Handicap |
| 34 C.F.R. Pt. 200 | Education - Academic Achievement of Disadvantaged |
| 34 C.F.R. Pt. 300 | Education - Disabilities/Children/Assistance to States |
| 34 C.F.R. Pt. 99 | Education - Family Rights and Privacy |
Cross References
Approved 12/16/85 Reviewed 2-12-18 Revised 6/15/22
