And some criteria that many people might think are very important were rarely implemented. A good example is school nurses -- only four out of all 50 states has state requirements that school districts have at least one school nurse for every 750 students. Three of those states are on AAFA’s honor roll (Delaware is the remaining state).
The News Isn’t All Bad… or All Good
AAFA examined state requirements, rather than requirements from individual school districts, in part because the requirements could be different all over the state. A child who got to carry his Epi-Pen in elementary school might find that he can’t when he goes to middle school in a different school district -- in the same state. If the right-to-carry is mandated by the state, presumably it would be same all over.
But that’s not exactly the case, Tringale said. There was no way to tell in the report if individual school districts actually enforced or complied with the state laws, or had their own interpretations. Maybe you can carry your Epi-Pen at school, but not on field trips.
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