Code: JHCC
Adopted: 1/15/08
Revised/Readopted: 8/08/17; 11/17/2020
Orig. Code(s): JCHH 

The Northwest Regional Education Service District (NWRESD) shall provide reasonable protection for
students against the risk of exposure to communicable disease.

Reasonable protection from communicable disease is generally attained through immunization, exclusion or other measures provided by Oregon law, by the local health department or in the Communicable Disease Guidance published by the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) and the Oregon Health Authority (OHA). Services will be provided to students as required by law.

A student will not attend school while in a communicable stage of a restrictable disease or when an
administrator has reason to suspect that any susceptible student has or has been exposed to any disease for which the student is required to be excluded in accordance with law and per administrative regulation JHCC-AR - Communicable Diseases - Students. If the disease is a reportable disease, the administrator will report the occurrence to the local health department. The administrator will also take whatever reasonable steps it considers necessary to organize and operate its programs in a way which both furthers the education and protects the health of students and others.

The ESD may, for the protection of both the student who has a restrictable disease and the exposed
student, provide an educational program in an alternative setting.

The NWRESD will include as a part of its emergency procedure plan a description of the actions to be
taken by NWRESD personnel in the case of pandemic flu outbreak, declared public health emergency or other catastrophe that disrupts NWRESD operations.

The NWRESD shall protect the confidentiality of each student’s health condition/ and record to the extent possible and consistent with federal and state law. In cases when a restrictable or reportable disease is diagnosed and confirmed for a student, the administrator shall inform the appropriate employees with a legitimate educational interest to protect against the risk of exposure.

END OF POLICY

Legal Reference(s):
ORS 431.150 - 431.157 OAR 333-019-0010 OAR 437-002-0377
ORS 433.001 - 433.526
OAR 333-018
OAR 333-019-0014
OAR 333-019-1000
OAR 437-002-0360

OAR 437-002-0377
OAR 581-022-2220
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, Communicable Disease Guidance (2020).
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g (2018); Family Educational Rights and Privacy, 34
C.F.R. Part 99 (2019).

Cross Reference(s): 

•  EBC/EBCA - Emergency Procedures and Disaster Plans