Page 14 - Superintendents Toolkit 2013
Basic HTML Version
Certified School Nurse
(Continued from page 13)
Resources:
The current system
in which most
districts utilize
Registered Nurses as
part of the team that
participates in the
Individualized
Education Plan (IEP)
for special education
students is working.
There are no
identifiable cases to
demonstrate a need
for having the
certification.
The nurses provide
important medical
input as part of the
IEP process, but the
process is a team
effort, with the final
decisions being in
the hands of the
special education
director.
Parents can, if they
want, bring a nurse
or even a doctor to
the IEP meeting to
provide medical
input.
Forcing school
districts to hire or
contract for CSNs at
a time of drastic cuts
in state funding for
education would
cause many school
districts to lay off
teachers and/or cut
educational
programs. To
illustrate the point,
General State Aid
was cut by 11
percent this school
year and projected
to be cut by as much
as 20 percent next
school year, and
Transportation has
been cut by 42
percent over the last
three years.
Talking points:
