The School Board of Palm Beach County

RULE TITLE: Students with Chronic Illnesses and Infectious Diseases (Including HIV/AIDS).

RULE NUMBER: Policy 5.322.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To update the rule to clarify the confidentiality requirements regarding students with HIV/AIDS, by request of the Department of Education, Educational Equity Opportunity Program.

SUMMARY: This revision will make it more clear that the confidentiality provisions for HIV/AIDS status, which are already stated in Section (4) of the Policy, are equally applicable to Section (3)(b)(i), regarding school personnel’s duty to report when a student’s health condition is believed to present a significant risk of transmitting a communicable disease; also updates statutory references.

SPECIFIC RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: §§ 1001.41(2) [230.22(2)]; 1001.42(22) [230.23(22)]; 1001.43(7) [230.23005(7)], 1003.22(4) [232.032(2)], Fla. Stat.

LAWS IMPLEMENTED: §§ 1001.41(1) [230.22(1)]; 1006.07 [230.23(6)]; 1003.22(3), (4), (9), (10) [232.032(1), (2), (7), (8)]; 381.003; 381.004; 381.0056(5)(l), (n), (o); 384.29, 392.65, Fla. Stat.

SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COST (IF ONE HAS BEEN PREPARED): None. Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or to provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative, must do so in writing within 21 days of the publication of this Notice.

TEXT OF PROPOSED RULE: Is available from the District’s web site at www.SchoolBoardPolicies.com/revisions.htm.

CONTACT PERSON: Lashandra Span or Danette Fitzgerald, 3308 Forest Hill Blvd. C-143, West Palm Beach, FL 33406.

PERSONS ORIGINATING THE PROPOSED RULE REVISION: Dr. John Occhiuzzo.

SUPERVISOR OR PERSON WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Dr. Art Johnson.

DATE PROPOSED RULE WAS APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD: December 2, 2002.

PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED: November 25, 2002, in the Palm Beach Post.

RULE HEARING: Adoption of the proposed Policy is anticipated to be considered at the School Board’s Special Meeting on Policies on January 13, 2003, in the Board Chambers at 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, Fla. The meeting is open to the public.