Kindergarten

Physical Requirement - Students enrolling in kindergarten will be required to have a physical examination by a licensed physician and provide proof of such an examination to the school district per Board Policy 507.01. 

Iowa Immunization Requirements - An immunization record is required to enroll pursuant to Iowa Department of Public Health [IDPH] 641 Chapter 7. The school nurse collaborates with local public health, whom audits admitting official’s compliance with IAC 641 Chapter 7. 

Dental Screening Requirement - All children enrolled are required to have a dental screening pursuant to IDPH 641 Chapter 51. The school nurse collaborates with regional public health designee, I-Smile Coordinators, whom audit the admitting school official’s compliance with IAC 641 Chapter 51. There is no school exclusion with this mandated health screening. A school nurse may complete the Kindergarten Dental Screening. 

Mandatory Lead Testing Program - All children enrolling are required to have at least one lead test. The school nurse collaborates with school personnel to complete a Kindergarten excel spreadsheet containing enrolling student demographic information that is returned by email to IDPH that is compared to the state Lead database. IDPH will audit the list of enrolling students and return to the school a list of students whom did not meet the requirement and school admitting official’s compliance with IAC 641 Chapter 67. 

Vision Screening Requirements - Each public or accredited nonpublic school shall forward to the Iowa Department of Public Health evidence of each Kindergartner’s valid vision screening performed no earlier than 1 year prior to enrollment and no more than 6 months after the date of the child’s enrollment. The school nurse can collaborate with community providers or conduct the screening themselves.

Third Grade

Vision Screening Requirements: Each public or accredited nonpublic school shall forward to the Iowa Department of Public Health evidence of each Third Grader’s valid vision screening performed no earlier than 1 year prior to enrollment and no more than 6 months after the date of the child’s enrollment. The school nurse can collaborate with community providers or conduct the screening themselves. 

Seventh Grade

Physical Requirement - Students enrolling in seventh grade will be required to have a physical examination by a licensed physician and provide proof of such an examination to the school district per Board Policy 507.01.  A physical examination and proof of such an examination may be required by the administration for students in other grades enrolling for the first time in the school district

Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis (Tdap) Vaccination Requirement: Students entering 7th grade and above if born on or after September 15, 2000, are required to have a one-time dose of tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine.  There is no provisional period to implement this requirement. 

Meningococcal Secondary School Vaccination Requirement: Beginning the 2017-2018 school year and thereafter, Students entering 7th grade born on or after September 15, 2004 shall have one dose of meningococcal conjugate vaccine (A,C,W,Y). There is no provisional period to implement this requirement.

Ninth Grade

Dental Screening Requirement: All children enrolled in ninth grade are required to have a dental screening pursuant to IDPH 641 Chapter 51. The school nurse collaborates with regional public health designees, I-Smile Coordinators, whom audit the admitting school official’s compliance with IAC 641 Chapter 51. There is no school exclusion with this mandated dental screening. 

Twelfth Grade

Meningococcal Secondary School Vaccination Requirement: Students entering 12th grade born on or after September 15, 1999 are required have two doses of meningococcal conjugate vaccine (A,C,W,Y); or 1 dose if one dose was previously received when the student was sixteen years of age or older.  There is no provisional period to implement this requirement if the student has received no meningococcal conjugate vaccine.

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