SF3351 Summary

• School districts must allow private nurses to accompany pupils on school grounds and during school activities if documented by a physician's order or note, provided the nurse is licensed and complies with district policies including background checks.

• Private nurses in classrooms cannot exceed room capacity, impede student sight lines, or impact access to instruction, and their presence does not change the district's health services or state/federal law requirements.

• School districts may conduct functional behavioral assessments as stand-alone evaluations without a comprehensive evaluation, though parents may request a comprehensive evaluation.

• Students with disabilities whose IEP team determines they do not require special education services in a specific area may participate in the district's approved prevention services program if it does not increase program costs or displace non-disabled students.