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Governor Walker Signs Pupil Medication Bill
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | November 29, 2011
On Wednesday, November 23rd Governor Walker signed Senate Bill 45 into law as 2011 Wisconsin Act 86. Act 86 clears up a number of issues related to language adopted last session in 2009 Wisconsin Act 160 and in rules issued subsequently by the Department of Public Instruction.
School administrators expressed tremendous concern about the confusing and onerous training requirements for school personnel who administer medication to students in Act 160 and its rules. The SAA, WASB and DPI worked with the bill’s authors, Senator Luther Olsen (R-Ripon) and Representative Steve Kestell (R-Elkhart Lake), to clarify these training requirements.
In light of the opposition from the Wisconsin Nurses Association and other groups, it should be noted that the SAA worked with the DPI every step of the way on this legislation; and the DPI removed its opposition to the bill.
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