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

[Darla Meeuwsen]

Hello
I apologize for replying to the whole list - I was simply trying to respond
to Ely and include Kate at the ODE. (This is a problem when working from
your phone).

I should clarify that our contract doesn't allow us to have our sponsoring
district's nurse do the required medicine training each year. (As I
understand it there is an issue with the liability, since she is not our
nurse. This creates an issue  of the nurse giving oversight or support to a
school which is covered under a different insurance than the her district,
which creates a liability issue for the nurse and the district.)

The survey didn't have a place for additional information so I  was simply
trying to convey this seems to be an issue that many charters face and
funding nurses in away that would allow both districts and charters to have
their needs met would be terrific.

Again, I apologize that my reply went to all of you - that was not my
intent!

Have a good spring break,
Darla
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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