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5320 - IMMUNIZATION
In order to safeguard the school community from the spread of certain communicable diseases and in recognition that prevention is a means of combating the spread of disease, the Board of Education requires all students enrolled in the preschool program be immunized against poliomyelitis, rubeola, diphtheria, rubella (German measles), pertussis, tetanus, mumps, and others legally designated in accordance with State statutes, unless specifically exempt for medical or other reasons.
The Board also requires that students who start kindergarten during or after the school year beginning in 1999 be immunized against Hepatitis B or be in the process of being immunized.The Superintendent may also exempt a student from being immunized against either or both rubeola and mumps if the student presents a signed statement from a parent or physician indicating s/he has had natural rubeola or mumps and does not need to be immunized. The student will be allowed to attend school only if a physician's statement indicates there is no danger of contagiousness.
The Superintendent may also exempt a student from immunization if a physician certifies in writing that immunization from a particular disease is medically contra-indicated. The Superintendent may prohibit the student from attending preschool, however, if the immunization would have been for mumps, poliomyelitis, rubeola, rubella, diphtheria, pertussis, or tetanus.
A student may also be exempted from immunization if a parent or guardian objects for good cause, including religious conviction. The Board shall not allow a student to attend preschool who has not been immunized because of such an objection.
A student who has not completed immunization may not be admitted the preschool.
R.C. 3313.67, 3313.671, 3313.671(B)