All students enrolling in any district school shall provide the building principal with proof of immunizations of certain diseases or furnish documents to satisfy statutory requirements. Booster shots required by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Environment are also required.

A copy of this policy and the applicable state law shall be distributed to students or their parents each fall and spring. The superintendent shall issue a news release each August explaining the required inoculations and booster shots.

Parents may delegate in writing their authority to consent to immunizations. If the parent is not reasonably available, and the authority to consent has not been denied as provided in law, individuals other than the parent may consent to the immunizations as provided for in current law.

Students who fail to provide the documentation required by law may be excluded from school by the superintendent until statutory requirements are satisfied. Notice of exclusion shall be given to the parents/guardians as prescribed by law.

Each principal shall forward evidence of compliance with the inoculation law to other schools or school districts when requested by the school or by the student's parents/guardians.
 

To comply with the policy of this school district, students entering school for the first time must have received: 

• four (4) doses of DPT/DTaP, if the 4th dose was received after the 4th birthday or five (5) doses of DPT/DTaP if the 4th dose of DPT/DTaP was received before the 4th birthday,
• three (3) doses of OPV/IPV if the 3rd dose of OPV/IPV was received after the 4th birthday or four (4) doses of OPV/IPV, if the 3rd dose was received before the 4th birthday
• two (2) doses of combined Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR)
  

Students are required by the Kansas State Department of Health to have a booster dose of TD vaccine 10 years after completing the primary vaccination series for school attendance.

On or before May 15 of each school year, the school board shall notify the parents or guardians of all known pupils who are enrolled or who will be enrolling in the school of the law and school policy regarding the immunization policy.

If a pupil transfers from another school, the school from which the pupil transferred will be asked to forward with the pupils transcript the certification or statement showing evidence of compliance with the requirements of the law.

If a student has not been notified prior to enrollment of the requirements or the school has not received documentation from another school showing evidence of compliance with requirements the student will have 60 days to be in compliance or the exclusion policy will be followed.

As an alternative to the certification required the pupil shall present:

1. A written statement signed by one parent or guardian to the building principal that they are an adherent of a religious denomination whose religious teachings are opposed to such tests of inoculations.

2. An annual written statement signed by a physician stating the tests of inoculations would endanger the life or health of the child.

Students who fail to provide said documentation may be excluded from school by the superintendent or his designated representative until the aforementioned requirements are satisfied. Notice of exclusion of attendance shall be given to the parents/guardians as prescribed by law.

Parents will be given written notice indicating the reasons for exclusion from school attendance; the notice shall state that the student will continue to be excluded until the provisions of law are met; and also to inform the parents/guardians that a hearing will be provided upon request by the parents/guardians.

A copy of this policy shall accompany applicable state law which shall be distributed to all students at the beginning of the school year. The superintendent shall annually issue a news release regarding this requirement of state law and local district policy.

The appropriate principal shall forward evidence of compliance with health tests and the inoculation law to other schools when requested by such schools or a child's parents/guardians.