RULE NUMBER: Policy 5.322.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To update and make more specific the procedures for control of various infectious diseases in the school environment; confidentiality requirements, non-discrimination against students with disabilities that may involve chronic or infectious disease, and participation of students with chronic and infections diseases, including HIV/AIDS..

SUMMARY: This revision removes the outdated reference to ARC, as recommended by the DOE; updates the Policy to reflect statutory requirements and appropriate practices regarding reporting and controlling infectious diseases; non-discrimination and participation guidelines for students with a disability that may involve a chronic illness; designates the physician as the medical manager who recommends appropriate levels of participation for students with chronic illnesses or infectious diseases; maintaining the confidentiality of HIV test results and any records concerning AIDS or STDs in accordance with law; various technical changes.

SPECIFIC RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: §§ 230.22(2); 230.23(22); 230.23005(7), 232.032(1), Fla. Stat.

LAWS IMPLEMENTED: §§ 230.22(1); 230.23(6); 232.032(1), (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 (or from Office of Public Affairs, 3336 Forest Hill Blvd. Ste. B-102, West Palm Beach, FL 33406).

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

PERSONS ORIGINATING THE PROPOSED RULE REVISION: Lashandra Span and Danette Fitzgerald.

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

DATE PROPOSED RULE WAS APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD: July 8, 2002.

PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED: July 1, 2002, in the Palm Beach Post.

RULE HEARING: Adoption of the proposed Policy will be considered at the School Board's Special Meeting on Policies on August 19, 2002, in the Board Chambers at 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, Fla. The meeting is open to the public.