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  1. Any student who initially enrolls in the District shall be required to have on file with the immunization registry a certification of immunization prior to admittance or attendance as required by Florida Statutes. Any child who is excluded from participation in the immunization registry must present or have on file with the school such certification of immunization. 
  1. Students who are twenty-one (21) years of age and/or are attending adult education classes, shall present certification of immunization for communicable diseases.
     
  2. Immunization shall be required as determined by the Department of Health.
     
  3. A transfer student shall provide documentation of school entry health examination and immunization prior to school attendance.
     
  4. Any student who meets qualifications of homelessness under the McKinney Act and students who are known to the Department of Children and Family Services who seek admission to a District school may be granted thirty (30) school days to secure documentation of a school health examination and certificate of immunization.
     
  5. Exceptions may be granted as provided in Florida Statutes.
     
  1. Students in Grades PK-12 who enter Florida public schools for the first time shall present evidence of a health examination within the twelve (12) month period prior to their initial entrance.
  1. Any student who meets qualifications of homelessness under the McKinney Act and students who are known to the Department of Children and Family Services who seeks admission to a District school may be granted thirty (30) school days to secure documentation of a school health examination and certificate of immunization.
     
  2. Exceptions may be granted as provided in Florida Statutes.
     
  3. The health examination shall be completed by a health professional who is licensed in Florida or in the state where the examination was performed.
     
  1. The school principal shall determine grade placement of students from a private or nonpublic school or from home education based on, but not limited to, tests, age, and previous school records.
     
  2. Any student who initially enrolls in the District shall be required to report any previous school expulsions, pending felony charges, and referrals to mental health services.  The District may waive or honor the final order of expulsion or dismissal of a student if the act, which resulted in dismissal, would have been the basis for expulsion according to Citrus County School Schools Student Code of Conduct.

 

 

 

STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 1001.41, 1001.42, F.S.

LAW(S) IMPLEMENTED: 1001.43, 1003.01, 1003.21, 1006.07, 1003.22, F.S.

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION RULE(S): 6A-6.024

 

 

HISTORY: ADOPTED: 03/09/2004

               REVISION DATE(S): 02/08/2005, 05/12/2015, 04/09/2019, 10/8/2019, 06/09/2020

               FORMERLY: 7.3(2), 7.81(1)

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