Osceola County schools to move closer to vape detectors funded by opioid settlement money

Osceola County will soon be one step closer to putting vape detectors in middle and high schools across the district, as County Commissioners are set to finalize an agreement using money from the state’s opioid settlement fund.The School District of Osceola County will enter into an agreement with the county to use $191,885 from the opioid settlement funds to create a vape detection program. The detectors will be placed in 19 schools to help staff identify students bringing vapes on campus.The FDA reports that 5.2% of middle and high school students reported using e-cigarette products and more than 1 in 4 of those students said they use them daily.“Yeah, definitely start young, make sure they know what’s going to happen if they don’t stop. It’s a lifelong addiction the most time,” Taelor Handley, a parent, told News 6.The Osceola County Board of Commissioners is set to vote on the agreement Monday at 1:30 p.m.The district identified schools based on high vaping-related referral data. D