This bill enacts new provisions in Louisiana law requiring local public school boards to adopt policies that mandate school nurses to participate in a minimum of one hour of in-service training focused on sickle cell disease. The training is designed to equip school nurses with essential knowledge about the symptoms, treatments, and medical needs of students with sickle cell disease, including potential accommodations in the classroom and effective communication strategies with parents and school personnel. The Louisiana Sickle Cell Commission is tasked with providing instructional materials to the state Department of Education, which will then distribute these resources to the school boards.

Additionally, the bill specifies that charter schools are not exempt from the requirement for sickle cell disease training for school nurses, as outlined in the newly created R.S. 17:436.5. This inclusion ensures that all educational institutions, regardless of their charter status, adhere to the same standards for training school nurses in the care of students with sickle cell disease.