SPS Policy Manual - Saginaw Public Schools

Section 8000 – Students
8460 Student Insurance Programs 8460
The Board will endeavor to make available a student accident plan for consideration by
parents that will be an agreement between an insurance company and the parent or guardian of
the student. The District will not be a party to the plan and does not assume any liability for this
student accident plan.
Approved:
8480 Student Health Services 8480
The Board and Superintendent will endeavor to maintain a healthful environment for
each student in school attendance and in school-sponsored activities.
Prior to entrance in school, kindergarten students shall be requested to present evidence
that they have had a physical examination or a statement signed by the parent(s)/guardian(s) that
meeting this request is contrary to their religious beliefs.
Immunization of Students and Vision Testing
All kindergarten students and other students entering school for the first time shall submit
evidence that they have complied with the state’s immunization requirements 39 by:
1. Submitting a statement by a physician that the child has been tested for, immunized, or
protected against, diseases specified by the director of public health; or
2. Submitting a statement signed by the parent(s)/guardian(s) to the effect that the child has
not been immunized because of religious convictions or other objections to immunization.
The parent(s)/guardian(s) of each enrolling child shall submit a statement signed by a
District, county, or city health department director stating that the child has passed the department
of public health preschool vision screening test, or signed by a licensed medical or osteopathic
physician, or a licensed optometrist stating that the child’s eyes have been examined during the
preschool years after age 3 and before initial entrance. A vision test is not required if there is a
statement signed by the parent(s)/ guardian(s) to the effect that the child cannot be subjected to
the test because of religious conviction.
The Board shall place a very high priority on the eradication of preventable diseases
among students through an adequate program of immunization, and authorizes the use of District
facilities and staff time for this purpose. To accomplish this task the District shall use the model
plan developed by the Michigan Department of Education and the Michigan Department of
Public Health for assessing local immunization needs and implementing an immunization
program appropriate to those needs.
Approved:
LEGAL REF: MCL 333.9208-9215; 380.1177
39 Sec. 9208. (1) A parent, guardian, or person in loco parentis applying to have a child registered for the
first time in a school in this state and, beginning in 2002-2003, a parent, guardian, or person in loco parentis
of a child entering the sixth grade, shall present to school officials, at the time of registration or not later
that the first day of school, a certificate of immunization or statement of exemption under section 9215.
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF SAGINAW