Introduced by Rep. Dawn Morrell (Puyallup) (D) on January 26, 2005
To require that beginning with the 2006-7 school year, every school will have a ratio of at least one school nurse for every two thousand students. By the 2008 school year that ratio will change to one nurse for every one thousand five hundred students. Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the House Health Care Committee on January 26, 2005
Substitute offered to the House Health Care Committee on February 24, 2005
To require the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction to create a work group to assess school nursing services in class I school districts and report back to the Legislature by February 1, 2006. Provisions related to school nurse-to-student ratios and the creation of a School Nurse Account were removed.
The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on March 9, 2005
Referred to the House Rules Committee on March 1, 2005
Amendment offered by Rep. Shay Schual-Berke, (D-Normandy Park) (D) on March 8, 2005
To include the requirement that the office of
superintendent of public instruction work in collaboration with the
department of health in the development of a work group to study
school nursing services in class I school districts. It specifies
that the work group will make recommendations for a school nurse-
to-student ratio for various grade levels. It also creates a school
nurse account to increase the school nurse-to-student ratio in
class I school districts. It removes the appropriation. (BELO 003).
Amendment offered by Rep. Barbara Bailey (Oak Harbor) (R) on March 8, 2005
To require the work group to study the prevalence
of chronic diseases and life threatening conditions among
students in class I school districts. IT removes the requirement
that the work group study or make recommendations on school
nurse-to-student ratios. It requires school nurse account
expenditures to go towards providing appropriate school nursing
services for students with chronic diseases and life
threatening conditions. (BELO 007).
Amendment offered by Rep. Barbara Bailey (Oak Harbor) (R) on March 9, 2005
To remove study and recommendations of school
nurse-to-student ratios and require the work group to instead
study school nursing services and work in collaboration with
managed care plans to study low-income children and children
with chronic diseases and life threatening conditions. (BELO 008).
Amendment offered by Rep. Dawn Morrell (Puyallup) (D) on March 9, 2005
To expand the scope of the recommendations from
school nurse-to-student ratios to school nursing services. (BELO 009).