Policy 5114

Admission

Evidence of Immunization

Reviewed and affirmed by the Board:  6/28/2022
Last Revision: 
Original publish date: 09/24/2013
Related policies & regulations:  
Legal references:  79-217 to 79-223; 79-248; 79-264; and Title 173, Nebraska Administrative Code, Ch. 3

 

Prior to enrollment, each LPS student shall provide a written immunization history, signed by the student’s physician, parent or guardian, verifying that the student has received the required vaccines so as to be protected by immunization against measles, mumps, rubella, polio, hepatitis B, Varicella (Chicken Pox), diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) and any other immunizations required by law.  Any student who does not comply shall not be permitted to enter school or, if provisionally enrolled or enrolled without compliance, shall not be permitted to continue in school until evidence of compliance or an exemption from compliance is given. Every student entering the seventh grade shall have a booster immunization containing diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and an acellular pertussis vaccine which meets the standards approved by the United States Public Health Service for such biological products, as such standards existed on January 1, 2009. Immunizations will not be required for a student’s enrollment if the student submits one of the following:

  1. A statement signed by a physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner that, in the health care provider’s opinion, the immunizations required would be injurious to the health and wellbeing of the student or any member of the student’s family or household;
  2. An affidavit signed by the student, or if the student is a minor, by a legally authorized representative of the student, stating that the immunization conflicts with the tenets and practice of a recognized religious denomination of which the student is an adherent or member or that immunization conflicts with the personal and sincerely followed religious beliefs of the student.
  3. Documentation from the student’s immunization provider showing that the student has begun the required immunizations and has scheduled dates to complete the immunization series as rapidly as is medically feasible.  This documentation will permit provisional enrollment only.  The student will be excluded from school if the necessary immunizations are not completed as rapidly as medically feasible, until either documentation of immunization or proof of an exemption is provided.
  4. Evidence of immunity against the diseases.  Laboratory evidence of circulating antibodies for measles, mumps or rubella is required to show evidence of immunity against those diseases.  Information concerning the laboratory test, including the signature of the laboratory technician or laboratory director, must be provided.  Clinical history is not sufficient evidence of immunity.
  5. A documented history of varicella disease from a parent or health care provider with the year of infection constitutes evidence of immunity to varicella.

The cost of immunizations and any required documentation shall be borne by the parent or guardian, not the Lincoln Public School District.

In the event of an outbreak of a communicable disease, unimmunized students may be excluded from school.