CCPS List of Health Screenings and Services

Mental Health Resources in Careret County, NC

1. Pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 115C-76.45(a), at the beginning of every school year,
Principals shall notify parents of the following:

(a) Notice of each health care service offered at their child's school and how the parent can provide consent for any specific service.

(b) Acknowledgement that a parent's consent to a health care service does not waive the parent's right to access his or her child's educational records or health records, or to be notified of changes in the child's services or monitoring.

(c) Procedures to exercise the parental remedies provided by N.C.G.S. § 115C-76.60, set forth in Section IV of this policy.

2. Pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 115C-76.45(a), Principals shall notify parents of the following:

(a) Prior to administration to students in kindergarten through third grade, a copy of any student well-being questionnaire or health screening form and the means for the parent to consent to the use of the questionnaire or form for his or her student.

(b) Prior to or contemporaneous with changes, notice of changes in services or monitoring related to his or her child’s mental, emotional, or physical health or well-being and the school’s ability to provide a safe and supportive learning environment for that child.

(c) Notice of the change prior to any changes in the name or pronoun used for a student in school records or by school personnel.

3. Pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 115C-76.45(b) and (e), school personnel:

a. Are required to encourage a child to discuss issues related to the child's well-being with his or her parent and/or facilitate discussion of the issue with the child's parents.

b. Shall not discourage or prohibit parental notification of, and involvement in critical decisions affecting a student's mental, emotional, or physical health or well-being.

4. Nothing in this policy shall do any of the following:

(a) Prohibit parents from accessing any of their child's education and health records created, maintained, or used by the public-school unit, except as follows:

1. As limited by N.C.G.S. § 114A-10(6)a.

2. When a reasonably prudent person would believe that disclosure would result in the child becoming an abused or neglected juvenile, as those terms are defined in N.C.G.S.§ 7B-101.

(b) Prohibit school employees from notifying a parent about his or her child's mental, emotional, or physical health or well-being, or a change in related services or monitoring.

(c) Encourage or have the effect of encouraging a child to withhold from a parent information about his or her mental, emotional, or physical health or well-being, or a change in related services or monitoring.

Student support services training developed or provided to school personnel shall adhere to student services guidelines, standards, and frameworks established by the Department of Public Instruction 

Pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 115C-76.55, instruction on gender identity, sexual activity, or sexuality shall not be included in the curriculum provided in kindergarten through fourth grade, regardless of whether the information is provided by school personnel or third parties. For the purposes of this section, curriculum includes the standard course of study and support materials, locally developed curriculum, supplemental instruction, and textbooks and other supplementary materials, but does not include responses to student-initiated questions.