To protect the health of all students and staff and to curtail the spread of infectious diseases, the Board of Trustees desires to cooperate with state and local health agencies to encourage immunization of all district students against preventable diseases.
Students entering a district school or child care and development program, or transferring between school campuses, shall present an immunization record which shows at least the month and year of each immunization in accordance with law. Students shall be excluded from school or exempted from immunization requirements only as allowed by law.
Each transfer student shall present his/her immunization record certifying that he/she has received all required immunizations currently due before he/she is admitted to school.
Legal Reference:
EDUCATION CODE
44871 Qualifications of supervisor of health
46010 Total days of attendance
48216 Immunization
48853.5 Immediate enrollment of foster youth
48980 Required notification of rights
49403 Cooperation in control of communicable disease and immunizations
49426 Duties of school nurses
49701 Flexibility in enrollment of children of military families
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
120325-120380 Immunization against communicable disease, especially:
120335 Immunization requirement for admission
120395 Information about meningococcal disease, including recommendation for vaccination
120440 Disclosure of immunization information
CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 5
430 Student records
CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 17
6000-6075 School attendance immunization requirements
UNITED STATES CODE, TITLE 20
1232g Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
UNITED STATES CODE, TITLE 42
11432 Immediate enrollment of homeless children
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, TITLE 34
99.1-99.67 Family Educational Rights and Privacy
Management Resources:
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
California Immunization Handbook for Schools and Child Care Programs, July 2003
Guide to Immunizations Required for School Entry
Guide to the Requirements of the California School Immunization Law for Parents of Children in or Entering School or Child Care
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION GUIDANCE
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and H1N1, October 2009
WEB SITES
California Department of Education: http://www.cde.ca.gov
California Department of Public Health, Immunization Branch: http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/immunize
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov
U.S. Department of Education: http://www.ed.gov
Policy VISTA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
adopted: February 17, 2011 Vista, California