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Law Will Allow Woburn Students to Carry Epi-Pens
Bill filed by Rep. Jay Kaufman was signed by Gov. Deval Patrick.
A new bill signed by Gov. Deval Patrick will allow students to carry Epi-pens in schools. The bill was signed last week, nearly 10 years after a Woburn mother proposed the law in 2004. The bill—H. 3959, “An Act Relative To Access To Epinephrine In Schools”—was sponsored annually by Rep. Jay Kaufman until it passed in 2012. Along with Kaufman, Rep. Cory Atkins, Rep. John D. Keenan, Rep. George Ross, Rep. Kate Hogan, Rep. Denise Andrews and Sen. Karen Spilka sponsored the legislation. Freedom Road resident Laurel Francoeur proposed the bill to Kaufman in 2004, as her son was ready to enter Kindergarten in the Woburn Public Schools. "I was told that his Epi-pen (his life-saving medication) could only be kept in the nurse's office," recalled…
dan
6:43 am on Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Communities require collage up to a Master’s and Doctorate’s degrees for teaching and administration at public schools. However, with all this education, where was the common sense in this matter? Furthermore, most people don’t have money to pay for a lawyer to sue the state under the Americans with Disabilities Act. It seems the schools or teachers were Epi-pens are allowed before the law took … more ›