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Attachment 36 – Plan for Health Services
Describe plans for health services to be provided by the charter school.
Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant will comply with all health services requirements applicable to
public schools, including Education Law §§ 901-914 and §136.2(d)(2) of the Commissioner’s Regulations.
To the extent possible, Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant will provide on-site health care services
similar to those services available to children attending New York City Public Schools, including a parttime
nurse, who is funded in the budget to supplement the level of health services mandated to be
provided by The New York City Department of Health to the charter school in accordance with
§2853(4)(a) and §912 of the Education Law.
Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant Charter School staff will work with the City Health Department,
NYC DOE, and other appropriate authorities to provide these services. Health services will include:
• Physical examinations upon admittance to the school.
• Physical examinations upon entry into any grade deemed necessary by the NYC DOE and/or
Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant.
• Annual vision screening testing for all students. Per § 905 of New York Education Law, the
components of vision testing shall include distance acuity, color perception, and near vision.
• Annual hearing testing for all pupils and any other time deemed necessary by the NYC DOE and/or
Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant.
• Annual scoliosis (spinal) screening test for all students 8-16 years of age.
• Maintenance of cumulative health records.
• Emergency care of ill or injured students.
• Compliance with and enforcement of mandatory immunization requirements.
• On site automated external defibrillator (AED) equipment to ensure ready and appropriate access for
use during emergencies and shall ensure that a staff member is trained in the operation and use of
such equipment for use in the school and at any school-sponsored events at other locations.
Maintenance and Storage of Cumulative Health Records
Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant will store all health records for enrolled students. Cumulative
student health records shall be held until the student is 27 years old. Immunization records will be held
10 years after the immunizations were administered.
Immunization Requirements
Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant will comply with New York State law which requires that each
student entering kindergarten or a new school district in grades one through twelve have a certificate of
immunization at the time of registration or not later than the first day of school. A review of student
immunizations requirements and the proper supporting documents shall be completed for all new
students. New York State immunization requirements include:
• Diphtheria [Toxoid Containing Vaccine (DTP, DtaP) 3 doses]
• Polio [(IPV)(OPV3 OPV or 4 IPV]
• Measles / Mumps / Rubella [(MMR) Born before 1985: 1 dose of MMR; Born on or after 1985: 2
doses of measles containing vaccine and 1 dose each of mumps and rubella (preferably as MMR)]
• Hepatitis B [Born on or after 1/1/93 – 3 doses]
• Varicella – 1 dose
Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant Charter School
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