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Article: Bill boosts number of school nurses, Funding positions will be a challenge, advocates say
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- Charleston Daily Mail
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- February 3, 2006
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DAILY MAIL STAFF
The number of school nurses in elementary through high schools
would increase under a bill being considered in the state Senate's
health committee.
In particular, the bill would require a specific number of school
nurses for older students. Up to now, there has been no required
ratio for students in grades 8 through 12.
"In the past, people perceived, and incorrectly, that school
nurses were more needed with younger kids. But now we have so many
special needs and at-risk students at the secondary level, and
sometimes they have greater needs than the younger students," said
Brenda Isaac, lead school nurse for Kanawha County Schools.
Advocates say the challenge will be paying ...