The Board recognizes its responsibility to protect the health of its students as well as to uphold their individual rights.
Communicable Diseases requiring exclusion from school
Students may be excluded from school to prevent the spread of contagious disease. The principal or designee may exclude a student, but no child shall be sent home from school without first informing the parents. The student must be isolated until he/she goes home. A student suspected of having, or being able to transmit, a contagious disease shall be excluded from school, and a report made to the State Department of Public Health for those diseases requiring mandatory reporting. Contagious diseases include: red measles, German measles, chicken pox, mumps, whooping cough, scarlet fever, diphtheria, Vincent's angina, conjunctivitis, ringworm, impetigo, scabies, pediculosis, or other disease diagnosed as contagious.
Readmission
If the suspected condition is found not to exist, the principal or designee may readmit the student.
In the case of communicable disease, the student may be readmitted on presentation of a written statement from the family physician, and/or completion of the period of exclusion required by the State Department of Public Health.
In the case of ringworm, impetigo, or scabies the student may be readmitted once treatment has begun and proof of treatment is presented to the principal or designee.
In the case of pediculosis (head lice) a student may be readmitted for inspection following treatment. If proof of treatment is presented to the principal or designee and no nits are present, the student may return to class.
AIDS or HIV Related Illness
The Board believes that the recommendations of leading public health authorities that the student with AIDS or HIV-related illness be admitted to school based upon individual circumstances pursuant to Board Policy 6407 be followed.