Code Number: 504.2
All known cases of communicable diseases (as defined by the Iowa Department of Public Health) will be reported by the District to the Iowa Department of Public Health and the Siouxland District Health Department as required by law.
The Iowa Department of Public Health, in conjunction with the Iowa Department of Education, may order the temporary closure of any school to prevent or control the transmission of a communicable disease.
The Board delegates to the Superintendent or his/her designee its authority to exclude from school any child whose presence in school has been found to be injurious to the health of other pupils.
- First Adoption:
- 1987-03-24
- Revision Adoption:
- August 21, 1995/ April 11, 2000/ October 23, 2006/ November 22, 2010/ February 9, 2015/ February 10, 2020
- Reviewed Dates:
- January 21, 2020
- Legal Reference:
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Iowa Code ยงยง 135.144(13); 139A; 282.3(1)
641 I.A.C. 1.4