Communicable Diseases

To protect other students from contagious illnesses, students infected with certain diseases are not allowed to come to school while contagious. Parents of students with a communicable or contagious disease should notify the principal or designee so that other students who might have been exposed to the disease can be alerted. School authorities will report those students who are suspected of having a reportable condition. A list of reportable conditions can be found on the Texas Department of State Health Services website at http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/investigation/conditions/.

Any student excluded from school attendance for reason of communicable disease may be readmitted by one or more of the following methods, as determined by the local health authority:

• Certificate of the attending physician, advanced practice nurse, or physician assistant attesting that the child does not currently have signs or symptoms of a communicable disease or to the disease’s noninfectiousness in a school setting
• Submitting a permit for readmission issued by a local health authority
• Meeting readmission criteria as established by the commissioner of health

Please contact the school Health Assistant if you have questions or if you are concerned about whether a child should stay home.