Notice to Readers
Publication of Updated Guide for Developing Policies
For HIV-Infected Students and School Staff
The National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) is one of 30 national organizations that receive assistance from CDC to help schools provide effective health education to prevent the spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). As part of its education mission, NASBE has published the second edition of its guide Someone at School Has AIDS: A Complete Guide to Education Policies Concerning HIV Infection (1).
To develop the guide, NASBE convened experts in medicine, public health, education, and law * who recommended scientifically and legally based policy statements that local and state departments of education can use in developing policies for students and staff who are infected with HIV. The guide addresses infection control, confidentiality, and HIV-antibody testing. The second edition includes sections on HIV prevention, counseling and testing, support services, HIV and athletics, and community relations and provides a legal context for policy recommendations within the parameters established by the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's infection-control guidelines, and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
Copies of the guide are available from NASBE, 1012 Cameron
Street,
Alexandria, VA 22314; telephone (800) 220-5183 or (703) 684-4000.
Reference
National Association of State Boards of Education. Someone at school has AIDS: a complete guide to education policies concerning HIV infection. 2nd ed. Alexandria, Virginia: National Association of State Boards of Education, 1996.
Representatives of the following organizations participated in
developing and/or reviewing the guide: Advocates for Youth,
Alabama
Department of Education, American Academy of Pediatrics, American
Medical Association, American Red Cross, Association of State and
Territorial Health Officials, California State Board of
Education,
CDC, Council for Exceptional Children, Council of Chief State
School
Officers, Council of Great City Schools, Idaho Department of
Health
and Welfare, Indian Health Service, Kansas Board of Education,
Maryland Department of Education, Massachusetts State Department
of Education, National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS
Directors, National Association for Sport and Physical Education,
National Association of People with AIDS, National Association of
School Nurses, National Association of Secondary School
Principals,
National Association of State Directors of Special Education,
National Catholic Educational Association, National Coalition of
Advocates for Students, Na-tional Education Association, National
Federation of State High School Associations, National Middle
School
Association, National PTA, National School Boards Association,
National School Health Association, Nebraska Department of
Education, Northside (San Antonio) Health Careers High School,
Ryan
White Foundation, South Carolina Department of Education, U.S.
Department of Education, U.S. Department of Justice, Utah State
Office of Education, Virginia Department of Education, Washington
Department of Public Instruction, and West Virginia Department of
Education.
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