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Policy committee sends student immunization policy (JLCB) to full board after nurse-driven edits
Summary
Committee discussed cross-references, excused-absence language for outbreak exclusions, and conditional-enrollment timing; nurses asked for clearer operational language and the committee voted 4-0 to recommend JLCB to the full board.
Committee members reviewed JLCB (Immunization of Students) in detail and asked staff to clarify operational language nurses need to implement the policy. Members noted an existing cross-reference to the McKinney-Vento Act, asked about the missing JFAM military-children policy, and debated whether exclusion for an outbreak should explicitly be defined as an excused absence and whether the district may provide a medical learning plan while students are excluded.
The group agreed that outbreak declarations and related authority rest with state public-health officials and the committee emphasized the need for clear procedural language so nurses can act consistently. A motion to recommend JLCB to the full board for approval carried 4-0. Committee members asked Adam to check state rules on reauthorization of medication/prescription requirements for extended-school-year programs before returning a final draft.
