The Board of Education recognizes that control of the spread of communicable disease spread through casual contact is essential to the well-being of the school community and to the efficient County operation.

For purposes of this policy, "casual-contact communicable disease" shall include:

In order to protect the health and safety of the students, County personnel, and the community at large, the Board shall follow all State statutes and Health Department regulations which pertain to immunization and other means for controlling communicable disease spread through normal interaction in the school setting.

On the recommendation of the school nurse the teacher may remove from the classroom and the principal may exclude from the building or isolate in the school any student who appears to be ill or has been exposed to a communicable disease which is known to be spread by casual contact, except that the teacher or principal may act independently if the school nurse is not present in the building when the decision needs to be made. The Superintendent has the authority to exclude a staff member from the school environment when reliable evidence or information from a qualified source confirms him/her of having a communicable disease or infestation that is known to be spread by any form of casual contact and is considered a health threat to the school population. Such a student or staff member shall be excluded unless their physician approves school attendance and the condition is no longer considered contagious. All reportable communicable diseases will be referred to the County Health Department.

The Superintendent shall develop administrative guidelines for the control of communicable disease which shall include:

West Virginia Board of Education Policy 2423
18A-5-1, 16-3-4, 16-3-4a, 16-3-5, 16-3C-1 through 16-3C-9
18-2-5, 18-5-9, 18-5-22 and 18-5-34, Code of West Virginia