San Francisco Unified School District and County Office of Education
Board Policy 5141.31
Immunizations
This Board Policy applies to the San Francisco Unified School District and the County Office of Education.
To protect the health of all students and staff and to curtail the spread of infectious diseases, the Governing Board shall cooperate with state and local public health agencies to encourage and facilitate immunization of all district students against preventable diseases.
Each student enrolling for the first time in a district school, preschool, or child care and development program or enrolling in or advancing to grade 7 shall present an immunization record from any authorized private or public health care provider certifying that the student has received all required immunizations in accordance with law. Students shall be excluded from school or exempted from immunization requirements only as allowed by law.
Transfer students shall be requested to present immunization records upon registration at district schools if possible.
The Superintendent or designee may arrange for an authorized health care provider to administer immunizations at school to any student whose parent/guardian has consented in writing. At the beginning of the school year, parents/guardians shall be notified of their right to provide consent for the administration of an immunization to their child at school. (Education Code 48980, 49403)
State References
17 CCR 6000-6075 School attendance immunization requirements
5 CCR 430 Individual student records; definition
Ed. Code 44871 Qualifications of supervisor of health
Ed. Code 46010 Total days of attendance
Ed. Code 48216 Immunization
Ed. Code 48853.5 Immediate enrollment of foster youth
Ed. Code 48980 Required notification of rights
Ed. Code 49403 Cooperation in control of communicable disease and immunizations
Ed. Code 49426 Duties of school nurses
Ed. Code 49701 Flexibility in enrollment of children of military families
Ed. Code 51745-51749.6 Independent study
H&S Code 120325-120380 Immunization against communicable diseases
H&S Code 120335 Immunization requirement for admission
H&S Code 120395 Information about meningococcal disease, including recommendation for vaccination
H&S Code 120440 Disclosure of immunization information
Federal References
20 USC 1232g Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974
34 CFR 99.1-99.67 Family Educational Rights and Privacy
42 USC 11432 Immediate enrollment of homeless children