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Best Practices: Executive Order 28 - Parental Notification, Law Enforcement Collaboration, and Student Education to Prevent Student Overdoses (Virginia Department of Education, VDOE)

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As the Virginia Department of Education is working to issue formal guidance in response to Governor Youngkin’s Executive Order 28: Parental Notification, Law Enforcement Collaboration, and Student Education to Prevent Student Overdoses, the department is sharing best practices to support decision-making protocols that school leaders are grappling with when developing parent notification protocols and also re-enforcing best practices for law enforcement collaboration.

Parent Notification: When notifying all parents within a school division about a school-connected student
overdose, school divisions should consider the following best practices when using regular communication
channels, issuing notification within 24 hours, and ensuring protection of student privacy.

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