Assignment of School Nurses. The Employer shall not assign a nurse employed by the Employer to a position as a substitute Employee; provided, however, this shall not preclude the Employer’s utilizing such a nurse as a resource person to assist an Employee in presenting topics with respect to which the nurse has special knowledge.
Assignment of School Nurses. School nurse workloads shall be evaluated at least annually to meet the health and safety needs of schools in the district. Medication aides may be utilized on a part-time basis to provide additional support. Every effort will be made to employ and assign nurses so that each school building has a school nurse at the building throughout the entire student attendance day and each nurse’s caseload includes no more than 1,000 total students. The provisions of this paragraph are not applicable at times when the Employer implements a deficit reduction plan to respond to budget concerns through a reduction in force, attrition or similar actions.
