(Regulation) Policy
- 1. No application for admission will be complete without a certificate of immunization or a completed exemption form. In addition, all students entering seventh grade must have an updated immunization record showing a second measles, mumps and rubella immunization.
- Requirements for a certificate of immunization may be waived for transfer students or new students for 60 days from the date of admission.
- 2. The district will provide upon request an immunization form as required by the Colorado Department of Health.
- 3. The principal or designee will be responsible for seeing that required information is included on the form.
- 4. If there has been a failure to comply after 45 days, the principal or designee will personally notify the parent/guardian or student of the requirement for immunization.
- a. Such personal notification is not to be by mail but must be accomplished either by telephone or in person.
- b. Students age 18 and over or otherwise emancipated must be contacted directly rather than through their parents.
- 5. After 55 days, the principal or designee will mail a notice to the last known address of the parent/guardian or student. The notice will contain:
- a. A statement that the student will be suspended or expelled if no immunization certificate or exemption is received.
- b. Last date for compliance.
- A copy of the accompanying policy and of the regulations governing suspension/expulsion of students must accompany the notice.
- 6. A student who fails to comply will be suspended by the principal for up to five days and notice of the suspension sent to the Colorado Department of Health.
- 7. If no certificate of immunization is received during the period of suspension, the superintendent or designee will institute proceedings for expulsion.
- 8. Any suspension or expulsion under this policy will terminate automatically upon compliance.
- 9. Record of any such suspension or expulsion will be contained in the student's health file, with an appropriate explanation not in the student's disciplinary file.