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Consistent with the School Board’s Policy on Automated External Defibrillators (AED) (Board Policy 4-230) and for the health and wellness of the District’s staff, students, parents and visitors, the District hereby institutes procedures for a Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) Program. AEDs are for the treatment of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in district buildings. The IHSA posts a video on how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The District encourages students and parents to view read IHSA's guidance.

Students who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind or visually impaired, may be eligible to receive services from the Illinois School for the Deaf or the Illinois School for the Visually Impaired. You can access additional information about these programs by visiting the Illinois Department of Human Services’ website.

Illinois law (Child Health Examination Code, 77 Ill. Adm. Code 665) states all children entering the ninth grades of any public, private or parochial school shall have a dental examination. The examination must have taken place within 18 months prior to May 15 of the school year. A licensed dentist must complete the examination, sign and date this Proof of School Dental Examination Form. If you are unable to get this required examination for your child, fill out a separate Dental Examination Waiver Form.

All health related forms are available in the Health Services office and on the Health Services webpage.

All Illinois students upon first entry into an Illinois school are required to present proof of an eye examination performed by a licensed optometrist or medical doctor who performs eye examinations. The exam must be current or have been completed within the 12 months prior to October 15th of the current school year. The Illinois School Code permits the District to hold a student’s report card if this requirement is not met. If you feel that your child is exempt from the vision examination requirements, please complete and return the Eye Examination Waiver form.

In accordance with Illinois School Code, District 113 requires that the person enrolling a child must provide the school district with a certified copy of the child’s birth certificate within 30 days.

The district maintains programs, activities and procedures for the involvement of parents/guardians of students receiving services or enrolled in programs. Under Title I, these programs, activities, and procedures are described in Policy 6-170 (Title I Programs).

The District will notify parents/guardians and students of the approximate dates during the school year when any of the below-described activities are scheduled or expected to be scheduled.

Surveys

All surveys requesting personal information from students, as well as any other instrument used to collect personal information from students, must advance or relate to the District’s educational objectives, or assist students’ career choices. This applies to all surveys, regardless of whether the student answering the questions can be identified and regardless of who created the survey. Before a school official or staff member administers or distributes a survey or evaluation created by a third party to a student, the student’s parent(s)/guardian(s) may inspect the survey or evaluation, upon their request and within a reasonable time of their request. This applies to every survey: (1) that is created by a person or entity other than a District official, staff member, or student, (2) regardless of whether the student answering the questions can be identified, and (3) regardless of the subject matter of the questions. School officials and staff members shall not request, nor disclose, the identity of any student who completes any survey or evaluation (created by any person or entity, including the District) containing one or more of the following items:

• Political affiliations or beliefs of the student or the student’s parent/guardian.
• Mental or psychological problems of the student or the student’s family.
• Behavior or attitudes about sex.
• Illegal, anti-social, self-incriminating, or demeaning behavior.
• Critical appraisals of other individuals with whom students have close family relationships.
• Legally recognized privileged or analogous relationships, such as those with lawyers, physicians, and ministers.
• Religious practices, affiliations, or beliefs of the student or the student’s parent/guardian.
• Income (other than that required by law to determine eligibility for participation in a program or for receiving financial assistance under such program).

For the above-described surveys, a student’s parent(s)/guardian(s) may: (1) inspect the survey or evaluation upon, and within a reasonable time of, their request, and/or (2) refuse to allow their child or ward to participate in the survey. The District shall not penalize any student whose parent(s)/guardian(s) exercised this option.

From time to time, students will conduct surveys for class projects (often name blind). These surveys are not surveys under this provision. Students, or their parent(s)/guardian(s), shall have the right to opt out.

Selling or Marketing Students’ Personal Information

No school official or staff member shall market or sell personal information concerning students (or otherwise provide that information to others for that purpose). The term “personal information” means individually identifiable information including: (1) a student or parent’s first and last name, (2) a home or other physical address (including street name and the name of the city or town), (3) a telephone number, (4) a Social Security identification number or (5) driver’s license number or State identification card. The above paragraph does not apply: (1) if the student’s parent(s)/guardian(s) has consented; or (2) to the collection, disclosure or, use of personal information collected from students for the exclusive purpose of developing, evaluating or providing educational products or services for, or to, students or educational institutions, such as the following:

• College or other postsecondary education recruitment, or military recruitment.
• Book clubs, magazines, and programs providing access to low-cost literary products.
• Curriculum and instructional materials used by elementary schools and secondary schools.
• Tests and assessments to provide cognitive, evaluative, diagnostic, clinical, aptitude, or achievement information about students (or to generate other statistically useful data for the purpose of securing such tests and assessments) and the subsequent analysis and public release of the aggregate data from such tests and assessments.
• The sale by students of products or services to raise funds for school-related or education-related activities.
• Student recognition programs.

Under no circumstances may a school official or staff member provide a student’s “personal information” to a business organization or financial institution that issues credit or debit cards.

Physical Exams or Screenings

No school official or staff member shall subject a student to a non-emergency, invasive physical examination or screening as a condition of school attendance. The term “invasive physical examination” means any medical examination that involves the exposure of private body parts, or any act during such examination that includes incision, insertion, or injection into the body, but does not include a hearing or vision screening. This does not apply to any physical examination or screening that:

• Is permitted or required by an applicable State law, including physical examinations or screenings that are permitted without parental notification;
• Is administered to a student in accordance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. §1400 et seq.);
• Is administered pursuant to the District’s extracurricular drug and alcohol testing program;
• Is otherwise authorized by Board policy.

The District will notify parents/guardians and students of the approximate dates during the school year when any of the below-described activities are scheduled or expected to be scheduled.

Surveys

All surveys requesting personal information from students, as well as any other instrument used to collect personal information from students, must advance or relate to the District’s educational objectives, or assist students’ career choices. This applies to all surveys, regardless of whether the student answering the questions can be identified and regardless of who created the survey. Before a school official or staff member administers or distributes a survey or evaluation created by a third party to a student, the student’s parent(s)/guardian(s) may inspect the survey or evaluation, upon their request and within a reasonable time of their request. This applies to every survey: (1) that is created by a person or entity other than a District official, staff member, or student, (2) regardless of whether the student answering the questions can be identified, and (3) regardless of the subject matter of the questions. School officials and staff members shall not request, nor disclose, the identity of any student who completes any survey or evaluation (created by any person or entity, including the District) containing one or more of the following items:

• Political affiliations or beliefs of the student or the student’s parent/guardian
• Mental or psychological problems of the student or the student’s family
• Behavior or attitudes about sex
• Illegal, anti-social, self-incriminating, or demeaning behavior
• Critical appraisals of other individuals with whom students have close family relationships
• Legally recognized privileged or analogous relationships, such as those with lawyers, physicians, and ministers
• Religious practices, affiliations, or beliefs of the student or the student’s parent/guardian
• Income (other than that required by law to determine eligibility for participation in a program or for receiving financial assistance under such program)

Selling or Marketing Students' Personal Information

No school official or staff member shall market or sell personal information concerning students (or otherwise provide that information to others for that purpose). The term “personal information” means individually identifiable information including: (1) a student or parent’s first and last name, (2) a home or other physical address (including street name and the name of the city or town), (3) a telephone number, (4) a Social Security identification number or (5) driver’s license number or State identification card. The above paragraph does not apply: (1) if the student’s parent(s)/guardian(s) has consented; or (2) to the collection, disclosure or, use of personal information collected from students for the exclusive purpose of developing, evaluating or providing educational products or services for, or to, students or educational institutions, such as the following:

• College or other postsecondary education recruitment, or military recruitment.
• Book clubs, magazines, and programs providing access to low-cost literary products.
• Curriculum and instructional materials used by elementary schools and secondary schools.
• Tests and assessments to provide cognitive, evaluative, diagnostic, clinical, aptitude, or achievement information about students (or to generate other statistically useful data for the purpose of securing such tests and assessments) and the subsequent analysis and public release of the aggregate data from such tests and assessments.
• The sale by students of products or services to raise funds for school-related or education-related activities.
• Student recognition programs.

Under no circumstances may a school official or staff member provide a student’s “personal information” to a business organization or financial institution that issues credit or debit cards.

Physical Exams or Screenings

No school official or staff member shall subject a student to a non-emergency, invasive physical examination or screening as a condition of school attendance. The term “invasive physical examination” means any medical examination that involves the exposure of private body parts, or any act during such examination that includes incision, insertion, or injection into the body, but does not include a hearing or vision screening. This does not apply to any physical examination or screening that:

• Is permitted or required by an applicable State law, including physical examinations or screenings that are permitted without parental notification;
• Is administered to a student in accordance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. §1400 et seq.);
• Is administered pursuant to the District’s extracurricular drug and alcohol testing program;
• Is otherwise authorized by Board policy.

Per state law, “a custodian of a qualifying pupil shall be entitled to reimbursement in accordance with procedures established by the State Board of Education for qualified transportation expenses paid by such custodian during the school year.” A travel reimbursement is available for full-time qualifying pupils enrolled in kindergarten through 12th grade who live 1.5 miles or more from the school and do not have access to transportation provided entirely at public expense.

Information regarding influenza, influenza vaccinations, meningococcal disease and meningococcal vaccinations can be found by visiting the Illinois Department of Public Health’s website.