We want to provide information regarding immunization requirements of the state department of health and environment for school enrollment, as many times, health appointments take place during the summer. You can read the Inoculations portion of policy by clicking here and referring to 9.34 Inoculations beginning on page 173. An excerpt is below:

Each school year, every student enrolling or enrolled in any school for the first time, and each child enrolling or enrolled for the first time in a preschool or day care program operated by a school, prior to admission to and attendance at school, shall present proof that the student has received such tests and inoculations as are deemed necessary. Students who have not completed the required inoculations may enroll or remain enrolled while completing the required inoculations if a physician or local health department certifies that the student has received the most recent appropriate inoculations in all required series. Failure to comply will result in exclusion from school on a date set forth by Maize Board of Education policy.

As an alternative to the certification required:

1. An annual written statement signed by a licensed physician stating the physical condition of the child to be such that inoculations would seriously endanger the life or health of the child.

OR

2. A written statement signed by one parent/guardian that the child is an adherent of a religious denomination whose religious teachings are opposed to inoculations.

If one of the above documentation of immunizations is not received, a student may be subject to exclusion from school attendance until such time as the student shall have complied with the requirements. A written notice will be sent to the parent/guardian stating the reason for exclusion.