DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
P.O.
SUPTS. MEMO NO. 199
August 29, 2008
INFORMATIONAL
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TO: |
Division
Superintendents |
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FROM: |
Billy K.
Cannaday, Jr. Superintendent
of Public Instruction |
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SUBJECT: |
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The Virginia
Department of Education has been asked by the Virginia Department of Health
(VDH), Office of Epidemiology, Division of Immunization, to remind school
divisions that kindergarten and 6th grade student immunization data
must be collected from each
The
Each admitting official shall, within 30
days of the
beginning of each
school year of entrance of a student,
or by October 15
of each school year, file with the
State Health Department through the health
department
for his locality,
a report summarizing the immunization
status of students
in his school. This report shall be
filed on Form SIS
3, the Student Immunization Status
Report, and shall contain the number of
students
admitted to that
school with documentary proof of
immunization, the
number of students who have been
admitted with a
medical or religious exemption, and
the number of
students who have been conditionally
admitted.
It is
requested that all schools use the electronic Web-based reporting system. Detailed
instructions for filling out the electronic form may be accessed at: http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/SIS/Instructions%20for%20Submitting%20SIS%20Report.pdf.
The report
form can be completed online by going to the Virginia Department of Health's
website at: http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/sis. The Department of Health has made
modifications to the system for more efficient reporting. The password for
public schools will be: pub*2008.
Please have
the principal of each school that enrolls kindergarten and 6th grade
students complete the status report on or before October 15, 2008. Should you
have additional questions, please contact Dr. Sandra Sommer, Division of Immunization,
at (804) 864-8076 or Sandra.sommer@vdh.virginia.gov,
or Tia Campbell, school health specialist, at (804) 786-8671 or Tia.campbell@doe.virginia.gov.
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