RULE NUMBER: Policy 5.325.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Preventing, identifying, and controlling incidents of head lice in the schools.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To develop a Policy, to supersede Directive 5.102, to provide that the heads of individual students suspected of having pediculosis (head lice) will be screened by the principals’ designees with assistance from the School Health Program; however, screening entire classes is not in the best interest of the educational process. A student with an identified infestation of lice or nits would be excluded from school, as soon as is practically possible or at the end of the school day, to obtain treatment (and will be allowed to return when free of lice). However, students shall not be prevented from participating in the continuation of their education solely on the basis of a diagnosis of pediculosis.

SPECIFIC RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: Fla. Stat. §§ 1001.41(1) & (2); 1001.42 (22); 1006.07; 1006.062.

LAWS IMPLEMENTED: Fla. Stat. §§ 1004.41(6)(a); 1003.22; 1006.07; 1006.62.

CONTACT PERSONS: Judith Klinek and Lashandra Span, 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33406.

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT of the proposed rule development may promptly be obtained without cost from the School District's web site at www.SchoolBoardPolicies.com/revisions.htm .

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE: Development of the proposed rule is anticipated to be considered at the School Board's Special Meeting on Policies on July 26, 2006, anticipated to begin at 2:15 p.m. in the Board Chambers at 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, Fla. AGENDA: A copy of the agenda will be available by July 19 on the District's Web site. Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this hearing is asked to advise the agency at least 48 hours in advance by contacting the Board clerk at 434-8139. This hearing is open to the public.

Publish: July 12, 2006