Allergies

When a school nurse receives information about a student with an allergy, the
nurse will contact the student’s parent or guardian to determine whether the
student’s allergy could impair his or her ability to learn and therefore requires
special accommodations for the student at school or at school activities.

If special accommodations are required, the nurse will ask the parent or
guardian to complete and return District Procedure 506.2.3P, Student Allergy
Information, and District Procedure 505.2.3P, Prior Consent to Release
Private Data To or From an Outside Agency/Person, so the school can obtain
information about the student’s allergy from his or her physician.

Allergies to animals and insects
If the student has allergies to a specific type of animal or insect, school
employees will make every effort to ensure that type of animal or insect
is not kept or brought into classrooms or other school spaces where the
student is or will be present.

Allergies to specific foods
If the student has allergies to a specific food, contact the school nurse at your child's school. The school will make every effort to ensure the student does not come into contact with that food.

Allergies to a specific substance
If the student has allergies to some other specific substance, such as
latex, school employees will make every effort to ensure the student
does not come into contact with that substance.

Additional information on allergies can be found in the following District 196 policies, regulations and procedures:

• 505.2.3P Prior Consent to Release Private Data To or From an Outside Agency/Person
• 506.2.3AR Student Allergies
• 506.2.3P Student Allergy Information
• 506.2.3.1P Guidelines for Responding to Students Who Have Allergies