The School System is required to provide educational services to all school age children who reside within its boundaries. It is the policy of the Brockton Public Schools that management of common infectious diseases shall be in accordance with Massachusetts Department of Health guidelines, and Local Board of Health and the EPA. The School System reserves the right to require a physician’s statement authorizing the student’s return to school.
Infectious disease control measures in school include preventing illness from spreading, reporting some illnesses, temporarily excluding ill children, and being prepared. Some disease control activities are required by law or regulation. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Public Health regulations and Massachusetts General Laws govern the reporting and control of communicable diseases. The regulations establish isolation and quarantine requirements for certain types of cases and their contacts in the school and health care setting, including attendance guidelines for non-immune students from schools when cases of vaccine preventable diseases are reported.