JLCBIMMUNIZATIONS OF STUDENTS
JLCBThe Board follows Arizona law as it applies to immunizations of students.
For a list of immunizations required for attendance and immunizations specifically not required for attendance see Regulation JLCB-R.
Immunizations Required for Attendance
Subject to the exemptions as provided by law, immunization against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, poliomyelitis, rubeola (measles), mumps, rubella (German measles), hepatitis B, haemophilus influenza b (Hib), and varicella is required for attendance of a student in a District school.
Immunizations Not Required for
School Attendance
The following immunizations are not required for school attendance.
A. Human papillomavirus.
B. COVID-19 or any variant of COVID-19.
A School District, as a governmental entity, that requires a person under eighteen (18) years of age to receive a vaccination for COVID-19 or any variant of COVID-19 must obtain the consent of that person's parent or guardian.
Immunization Procedures
The Board authorizes the Superintendent to create procedures for verifying immunizations records of students. The procedures shall be administered in Regulation JLCB-R and Exhibit JLCB-E.
Notice to Parents and Students
A student's immunization record must be submitted prior to attendance, although a student may be conditionally enrolled provided that necessary immunizations have been initiated and a schedule has been established for completion of the required immunizations.
The school administrator shall review the school immunization record at least twice each school year until the pupil receives all of the required immunizations.
A student shall not be allowed to attend school without submitting documentary proof of compliance to the school administrator unless the student is exempted from immunization.
On enrollment, the school administrator shall suspend that student if the administrator does not have documentary proof of compliance and the student is not exempted from immunization.
A student who fails to comply with the immunization schedule shall be suspended from school attendance until documentary proof of compliance is provided to the school administrator, except that a homeless student shall not be suspended from attendance until the fifth (5th) calendar day after enrollment.
Any student with serologic confirmation of the presence of specific antibodies against a vaccine-preventable disease shall not be subject to immunization against that disease as a condition for attending school.
The District will cooperate with county and state health departments in programs of immunization. Parents' permission must be secured before a student may participate in such immunization projects.
Adopted: December 14, 2022
LEGAL REF.:
A.R.S.
15-871
15-872
15-873
15-874
36-681
A.A.C.
R9-6-203
R9-6-313
R9-6-350
R9-6-353
R9-6-356
R9-6-365
R9-6-368
R9-6-372
R9-6-388
R9-6-701 through 707