How should a district or charter school enforce immunization requirements?
The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has announced a temporary provisional enrollment for students transferring from Louisiana, Mississippi, or Alabama. Standard immunization requirements for children attending school in Texas are being temporarily waived for children displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Additionally, the 30-day provisional enrollment period has been extended until October 31, 2005. You may link to this notification at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/hcane/30DayEnr.pdf. You may download the Emergency Provisional Enrollment for Victims of Hurricane Katrina (PDF | MSWord).
You should assume any student previously enrolled in a Texas public school meets current immunization requirements. For any other student, the federal McKinney Act requires admission of homeless students without regard to documentation that would otherwise be required, including immunization records.
