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When to Keep Your Child Home from School
Guidance for Common Signs and Symptoms of Illness

Overview

Children should attend school every day and may attend school with mild or improving symptoms.  This guidance, based on CDPH recommendations, will help you decide whether your child is too sick to attend school.

If your child has symptoms that prevent them from participating meaningfully in school please keep your child at home.  Otherwise follow the symptom guidance below to decide whether they can attend school. A doctor’s note is generally not required to return to school.

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Medical Exemptions

Under State law SB 277, effective January 1, 2016 parents may no longer cite personal beliefs to exempt their children from vaccines required for school. Most families will not be affected by the new law because their children have received all required vaccinations.

Personal beliefs exemptions on file for a child already attending child care will NO LONGER BE VALID when enrolling into kindergarten, including transitional kindergarten (Early Kinder).

Mental Health, Crisis Response and Suicide Prevention

Overview

A variety of mental health services are available to students experiencing social or emotional difficulties. With specially trained staff and a wide array of community mental health providers, Student Support and Health Services staff provide services directly to students and families.