The Board of Education encourages and supports all rules and regulations that must be implemented to provide a safe and healthy environment for all students. The safety of students shall be assured through close supervision of students in all school buildings and on school grounds, and through special attention to:
- maintenance of a safe school environment;
- observation of safe practices on the part of school personnel and students, particularly in those areas of instruction or extracurricular activities that offer special hazards;
- provision of safety education for students, particularly laboratory courses in science, technology courses, and health and physical education;
- the provision, through the school nurse, of first aid care for students in case of accident or sudden illness; and
- alerting the school nurse to all accidents. An accident report shall be completed and filled for each accident.
Ref:
- Education Law §§806; 808; 3212-a
- 8 NYCRR §§107.1; 141.10
Adoption date: May 27, 1997
Reviewed: May 22, 2017