The DeSoto ISD Health Services department provides DeSoto ISD with assistance for student health care needs, student health records, first aid services, classroom support, safety awareness and prevention/intervention for health concerns.
Immunization Requirements
State Required Immunizations (mandated for attendance)
Children must have documentation of receiving all age-appropriate immunizations.
●For more information about vaccine-preventable diseases, you may read the Vaccine Information Statements from the CDC
●DSHS Immunization information
●FAQs About Immunization Requirements for School Admission
Please note the meningococcal vaccine requirement for students entering grades 7-12 requires students in these grades to show proof of one dose of quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV4 or MenACWY) on or after the student’s 11th birthday.
In addition, the requirement for Hepatitis A vaccine includes students through Grade 12.
Required Immunizations by Grade Level
See below for immunization requirements for the 2024-2025 school year.
For Early Childhood Schools
●2024-2025 Immunization Requirements for Pre-K (English/Español)
For Grades K through 12
●2024-2025 Immunization Requirements for K-12 (English/Español)
Exemptions from Immunizations
For medical reasons
- ●The law allows physicians to write a statement stating that the vaccine(s) required would be medically harmful or injurious to the health and
well-being of the child. The written statement by the physician must be submitted to the school nurse. Unless it is written in the statement that a lifelong condition exists, the exemption statement is valid for only one year from the date signed by the physician.
For reasons of conscience, including religious beliefs
- ●The law allows parents/guardians to choose an exemption from immunization requirements for reasons of conscience, including a religious belief. The completed and returned form from the Texas DSHS must be submitted to the school nurse in order for the student to be admitted. The school will accept only the original official affidavit forms
developed and issued by the Texas DSHS. The affidavit will be valid for two years.
Medication Policy
According to Section 22.052, Education Code, any medication administered to a student in a Texas school must have a written request/authorization from the student’s parent or legal guardian and must be in the original container and be properly labeled.
Medication Parent Permission
OTC Physician Form
Exclusion Policy
For the protection of all students the following policies are in place and will be strictly enforced. A student will be sent home with: (list not all-inclusive)
- Fever 100.0° or higher
- Suspected contagious disease
- Vomiting or Diarrhea
- Rash on any part of the body
- Red eye with watering and/or crusting
- Feel too bad to remain at school
If your child has any of the above symptoms in the morning before arriving at school, Please Keep Him/Her At Home. A child with a cold or cough should be kept at home for observation. We have limited facilities for caring for ill children at school and ask that you make arrangements for the child to be picked up as soon as possible when contacted by school staff. Please enter the building and sign the student out in the office. Your child should remain at home until he/she remains free of fever for 24 hours without the use of medication.