BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Bakersfield City School District Board of Trustees is set to consider a policy change on Tuesday allowing middle and high school students to carry opioid overdose medication for emergency situations, according to the board agenda.
A board policy titled “Alcohol and Other Drugs” features several proposed changes, including allowing students to carry tools for opioid overdose.
A proposed addition to the policy would allow students in BCSD middle schools, junior highs, high schools or adult schools to carry fentanyl test strips or a “federally approved opioid antagonist” for emergency treatment of opioid overdose on campus or during school activities.
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Students 12 years or older could also carry and administer a naloxone nasal spray or other medication for federally approved over-the-counter, non-prescription uses, the proposal said…