- Coppell Independent School District
- Health Attendance Guidelines
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For ultimate success, students need to be at school and in the classroom. However, there are times a student must stay home. Keeping a sick child home prevents the spread of disease in the school community and allows the child to rest and recover. Please use the following general guidelines when deciding if your child should stay home and when to return to school following an illness. Contact your campus school nurse for further questions regarding illness and school attendance.
Health Condition
Guidelines for student readmission
Temperature 100.0°F or above
Fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-suppressing medication.
Vomiting and diarrhea
Symptom-free for 24 hours without the use of medication.
Rash accompanied with fever or spreading
Healthcare provider’s note for readmission. See school nurse before readmission.
Pinkeye, or conjunctivitis
Effective treatment (symptom-free) or healthcare provider’s note for readmission.
COVID-19
* See below
Impetigo
Drainage from wounds or skin and soft tissue infections must be contained and maintained in a clean dry bandage.
Mononucleosis, infectious
With healthcare provider’s authorization or after the fever subsides. May need healthcare provider’s statement regarding activity modification.
Ringworm of body/scalp
Treatment has begun and infected area is completely covered by clothing or a bandage.
Scabies
After treatment has begun.
Staph infection
Healthcare provider’s note and school nurse assessment before readmission. Infected area is covered and without drainage.
Strep or scarlet fever
Antibiotics for 24 hours, fever-free for 24 hours.
* Coppell ISD follows the guidance of the Texas Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the Texas Education Agency (TEA) concerning the exclusion and reporting of infectious diseases.
COVID-19 school protocol
The school administrator shall exclude from attendance any child having or suspected of having COVID-19. Exclusion shall continue until the readmission criteria for the conditions are met (25 Tex. Admin. Code § 97.7).
- The readmission criteria for COVID-19 are as follows:
- If symptomatic, exclude until at least 5 days have passed since symptom onset, and fever free*, and other symptoms have improved. Children who test positive for COVID-19 but do not have any symptoms must stay home until at least 5 days after the day they were tested. (*Fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-suppressing medications. Fever is a temperature of 100° Fahrenheit (37.8° Celsius) or higher.)
- A school district must notify the local health department when an individual reports to the school a test-confirmed case.
For a complete list of all diseases requiring exclusion from school and the readmission criteria, please visit DSHS School Health Recommendations for the Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases in a Group-Care Setting.
For a complete list of notifiable diseases, please visit TDHHS Notifiable Conditions.
5/2023
- The readmission criteria for COVID-19 are as follows: