BP 5141.31 — Immunizations
Section: 5000 - Students
Status: Active
Adopted: 2016-01-26
Revised: 2021-12-16
Policy text
IMMUNIZATIONS
To protect the health of all students and staff and to curtail the spread of infectious diseases, the Governing Board shall cooperate with state and local public health agencies to encourage and facilitate immunization of all District students against preventable diseases.
Each student enrolling for the first time in a District elementary or secondary school, preschool, or child care and development program or enrolling in or advancing to grade 7 shall present an immunization record from any authorized private or public health care provider certifying that they have received all required immunizations in accordance with law. Students shall be excluded from school or exempted from immunization requirements only as allowed by law.
Each transfer student shall be requested to present their immunization record, if possible, upon registration at a District school.
The Superintendent or designee may arrange for an authorized health care provider to administer immunizations at school to any student whose parent/guardian has consented in writing. At the beginning of the school year, parents/guardians shall be notified of their right to provide consent for the administration of an immunization to their child at school.
Legal
EDUCATION CODE
44871 Qualifications of supervisor of health
46010 Total days of attendance
48853.5 Immediate enrollment of foster youth
48980 Required notification of rights
49403 Cooperation in control of communicable disease and immunizations
49701 Flexibility in enrollment of children of military families
51745-51749.6 Independent study
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, TITLE 34