SPAULDING HIGH SCHOOL UNION DISTRICT #41 CODE: JHCE-R
POLICY MANUAL
1st READING: 11/16/92
2nd READING: 12/07/92
3rd READING/ACCEPTED: 12/21/92
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GUIDELINES FOR PROVIDING EDUCATION TO STUDENTS WITH AIDS/HIV
INFECTION

1.0 All children in Vermont have a right to an education.

2.0 As a general rule, a student with AIDS or infected with
HIV should attend school in a regular classroom with the
approval of the student's physician and should be
considered eligible for all opportunities and services
provided by law and local school district policy.

3.0 Reporting of AIDS or HIV infection to schools is not
mandated. The student or student's parents may choose to
report this information. These are the only acceptable
sources of reporting regarding HIV infection.

4.0 The school nurse or the school's medical advisor should
function as the liaison with the student's parents and
the student's physician, the Department of Health, and the school building administrator. The responsibility of the school nurse (or school medical advisor) would be to ensure that the student is able to function in school without unnecessary impediments.

5.0 The school should respect the right to privacy of the
individual student. Knowledge that a student is infected
with HIV or has AIDS should be confined to those persons
with a direct need to know. The decision of who needs to
know shall be made in consultation with the student and
his/her parents. The parents/guardians will provide this
information to appropriate school officials in writing.
Those persons to be informed should be provided with appropriate information concerning such precautions as may be necessary and should be made aware of the confidential nature of this information.

6.0 Before any known HIV infected student is removed from the
classroom, a discussion should occur among the student,
his/her parents and other appropriate person(s). If it is determined that a significant risk of transmission exists the student shall be removed from the classroom.

CODE: JHCE-R

7.0 Upon removal from the classroom the school shall develop,
within 10 school days, either an appropriate school program adjustment or an appropriate alternative edu- cation program. When the appropriate persons (school's
medical advisor, school nurse, Department of Health
official, student's physician) determines that the risk
has abated, the student can return to the classroom.

8.0 Each removal of an infected student from normal school
attendance shall be reviewed by the appropriate persons
as specified above, at least once every month to deter- mine whether the condition precipitating the removal has
changed.

9.0 A student with AIDS or milder immunodeficiency associated
with HIV infection, as with any other immunodeficient
student, may need to be removed from the classroom for his/her own protection when cases of measles or chicken
pox are occurring in the school population. This
decision should be made by the student's physician and
parent/guardian in consultation with the appropriate
persons, as listed above.

10.0 Routine and standard procedures should be used to clean
up after a student has an accident or injury at school.
Blood or other body fluids emanating from any students
should be treated cautiously. Gloves must be worn when
cleaning up blood spills. These spills must be dis-
infected with a 1:10 solution of bleach and water or another EPA approved bactericidal disinfectant, and persons coming in contact with them should wash their hands afterwards. Blood soaked items must be placed in leakproof bags for washing or further disposition. These may be flushed in a sewage or septic system. Similar procedures are recommended for dealing with vomitus and fecal or urinary incontinence in any student. Handwashing after contact with a school student is routinely recommended if physical contact has been made with the student's blood or body fluids.


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