Pupil records and health: pupils experiencing homelessness: directory information and reporting.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide details on how schools will communicate with parents about health issues using alternative methods, leaving this aspect uncertain.

Pupil Records and Health for Homeless Students

This law allows schools to share directory information about homeless students with healthcare providers for eye examinations or oral health assessments, unless parents object in writing.

What This Bill Does

• Allows schools to release directory information of homeless students for the purpose of facilitating eye examinations and oral health assessments.
• Requires that directory information is only used for these specific health purposes.
• Encourages alternative communication methods to inform parents or guardians about health issues if mailing isn't possible.

Who It Names or Affects

• Homeless students in schools
• School districts, county offices of education, and charter schools
• Healthcare providers offering eye examinations and oral health assessments

Terms To Know

Directory information

Basic details about a student like their name, address, phone number, and date of birth.

Homeless child or youth

A student who does not have a stable home to live in.

Limits and Unknowns

• Doesn't specify what happens if parents do not consent to the release of directory information.
• Only applies to homeless students for eye examinations and oral health assessments, not all students or other types of healthcare.
• Doesn't provide specific details on how schools will communicate with parents about health issues using alternative methods.

Official Summary Text

AB 677, Bryan.
Pupil records and health: pupils experiencing homelessness: directory information and reporting.
Existing law authorizes a school district or county office of education to develop a schoolsite-based oral health assessment program. Existing law authorizes school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools to enter into a memorandum of understanding with a nonprofit eye examination provider to provide eye examinations to pupils at any schoolsite within the local educational agency.
Existing law authorizes school districts to release pupil directory information, as specified, and defines directory information as one or more prescribed items, including, among others, a pupil’s name, address, telephone number, and date of birth. Existing law prohibits the release of directory information of a pupil identified as a
homeless child or youth, as defined, unless a parent or eligible pupil has given written consent that the information may be released.
This bill, notwithstanding the above provision, would authorize the disclosure of directory information of a pupil identified as a homeless child or youth, as defined, to facilitate an eye examination or an oral health assessment, as described above, unless the parent or a pupil who has been accorded parental rights, as provided, has provided written notice to the school that they do not consent to the physical
examination, as specified. The bill would require directory information disclosed pursuant to this authorization to be disclosed only for the purpose of facilitating an eye examination or an oral health assessment, as provided. The bill would provide that reports made to a parent, legal guardian, or caregiver of a pupil experiencing homelessness about a pupil defect identified from an eye
examination or an oral health assessment, as described above, should be made by alternative communication channels rather than mail, when possible.

Current Bill Text

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