Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed a bill Friday that requires the Virginia Board of Education to establish guidelines around school overdose notifications to parents.
FILE - Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks Dec. 13, 2023, at an event in Alexandria, Va. that requires the Virginia Board of Education to establish guidelines around school overdose notifications to parents.included language that would have required schools to notify parents within 24 hours of student overdoses and that’s what Youngkin and all 40 state senators wanted. Youngkin said the legislation as he received it was not as strong as he would have liked.
I don't understand why Democrats didn't support it in the House but my executive order still stands and schools are going to continue to notify parents when there is a school-related overdose in your school division.that Loudoun County Public Schools failed to notify the parents of several student overdoses for weeks.
Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman blew the whistle on the string of student overdoses on Oct. 31, 2023. After this, WJLA’s reporting showed LCPS delayed notification to parents about the student overdoses. Eleven Park View High School students overdosed late last year, and some included fentanyl, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
During a House of Delegates education committee public hearing earlier this year, Loudoun County Public Schools, the Virginia Association of School Superintendents, the Virginia School Boards Association, and the Virginia Education Association spoke in opposition to legislation that would have required schools to notify parents within 24 hours of student overdoses.Stay Connected
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