MINIMUM STATE VACCINE REQUIREMENTS FOR TEXAS CHILDREN
ENTERING KINDERGARTEN:
1. Three doses polio vaccine, including one received on or after
the 4th birthday
2. Four doses DTP/DTaP vaccine, including one received on or after
the 4th birthday
3. Three doses hepatitis B vaccine
4. One dose varicella vaccine received on or after 1st birthday
or written affidavit that the student has had the chickenpox disease
MEDICATION
AT SCHOOL:
No
medication shall be administered to a student unless the medication
appears in the original container and is properly labeled.
NO FOREIGN MEDICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED. All medications
must be FDA approved.
No
employee shall administer any medication to a student unless the district
has received a written request from the parent, legal guardian,
or other person having legal control of the student to administer
the medication. The request must state the following: student's
name, name of medication, date, time, and dosage.
GUIDELINES
FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES:
Children
with an infectious or contagious disease should stay home until the
danger of transmitting the disease has passed.
FEVER: (100.4 DEGREES or greater): student must be free of fever for 24 hours before returning to school.
STREP SORE THROAT: re-admit after 24 hours from date antibiotic treatment started.
HEAD LICE: re-admit when student is free of lice and nits.
VOMITING or DIARRHEA: your child should stay at home if they have these symptoms during the night or in the morning.
PINK EYE (CONJUNCTIVITIS): re-admit with doctor's written statement.
FOR OTHER QUESTIONS: Please call 832-668-8200 or e-mail agarza@dpisd.org
