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Committee forwards updated health-assessments and immunizations policy to board after vaccine, record-keeping clarifications
Summary
The policy committee recommended Policy 5141.3 on student health assessments and immunizations for a first read, endorsing superintendent/designee authority to receive records and adding language to upload immunization records to the state portal. Members discussed removal of outdated text and whether TB screening should remain a separate policy.
Kelly, a staff member presenting policy revisions, told the Danbury School District Policy Committee on Oct. 20 that the draft revision to Policy 5141.3, "Health assessments and immunizations," reflects recent state law changes and model policy language from CABE (Connecticut Association of Boards of Education).
She said the draft reflects the 2022 statutory change that removed religious exemptions for school-entry vaccinations and noted that medical exemptions remain possible through an application to the state department of public health. "There are no more religious exemptions," she said, adding the district has "very high vaccination rates." She also told the committee that the district's coordinator of nursing services…
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