[Busmgrs] A message from Ely Sanders: School Nurse Funding in Oregon Schools

[Shelley Mitchell]

Please let's not reply all on this.
On Mar 21, 2016 2:01 PM, "Darla Meeuwsen" <dmeeuwsen at sauvieislandacademy.org>
wrote:

> Hello
> Thank you so much for sending out your survey.
>
> I would highly recommend that you send it to all 126 Charter schools in
> the state. I would be surprised to see how many have a nurse or even access
> to a school nurse. Our sponsoring district added specific language to our
> contract this last time that prohibits us from accessing the district
> nurse  (even if we paid a fee for it).
>
> The MESD finally put together a medicine training this year for Charters,
> until this year we have not been able to find a way to do our medicine
> training!
>
> This will be very important data to have since so many of Oregon students
> choose public charter schools and do not have access or support or funding
> for a school nurse.
>
> Thank you again for your time,
> Darla Meeuwsen
>
> Darla Meeuwsen
> Sauvie Island Academy
> Executive Director
> 503-621-3426
> On Mar 21, 2016 12:44 PM, "WILTFONG Michael - ODE" <
> michael.wiltfong at state.or.us> wrote:
>
>> Good afternoon business managers,
>>
>>
>>
>> My name is Ely Sanders and I am working on the Governor’s appointed task
>> force on school nursing as a result of Senate Bill 698 (2015).  One of the
>> taskforce’s legislatively required tasks is to come up with new ways to
>> fund school nursing.  At our first meeting two weeks ago, task force
>> members asked ODE to gather information on how schools currently pay for
>> their nursing services.  Below is a link to a brief survey that we would
>> like filled out by as many districts as we can.   The timeline on this is
>> pretty short as the next taskforce meeting is on April 1, so thank you in
>> advance for your prompt attention and your cooperation with this survey.
>>
>>
>>
>> If you could have your survey completed by Tuesday, March 29 that would
>> be great.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>>
>>
>> Ely Sanders, MPA
>>
>> Sexual Health and School Health Specialist | Oregon Department of
>> Education
>>
>> Office of Learning | Student Services Unit
>>
>> (Office: 503-947-5904 |(Cell: 503-580-5473
>>
>> *ely.sanders at ode.state.or.us | Fax: 503.378.5156
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>> The Task Force on School Nursing is a Governor-appointed task force as a
>> result of Senate Bill 698 (2015) with the following objectives:
>>
>>
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>> 1.      Examine other health care funding sources, including the billing
>> of students’ health insurance for the costs of school health services
>> provided at school, for the purpose of determining if schools may
>> transition from using moneys received for education purposes to using
>> moneys from the other health care funding sources to pay for school health
>> services.
>>
>> 2.      Recommend sustainable funding sources for school health services
>> that could be used to fund required school health screenings and to achieve
>> the level of school nursing services described in ORS 336.201.
>>
>>
>>
>> *The Task Force has requested a summary of the current funding sources
>> for school nursing in Oregon.  As such, ODE and OHA are asking you to
>> answer a few survey questions.  The end result will be recommendations to
>> the legislature on ways to increase and diversify state and other funding
>> for school nurses.*
>>
>>
>>
>> School Nurse Funding Survey <https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QT2JXVH>
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>> Thank you for your time,
>>
>>
>>
>> Ely Sanders, MPA
>>
>> Sexual Health and School Health Specialist | Oregon Department of
>> Education
>>
>> Office of Learning | Student Services Unit
>>
>> (Office: 503-947-5904 |(Cell: 503-580-5473
>>
>> *ely.sanders at ode.state.or.us | Fax: 503.378.5156
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Jamie Smith MPH, BSN, RN
>>
>> *State School Nurse Consultant *
>>
>> Public Health Division
>>
>> jamie.leon.smith at state.or.us
>>
>> 971-673-0724
>>
>>
>>
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