Communicable Diseases

Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Rule §97.7 states that school districts will follow the exclusions and readmission criteria from schools and childcare for specified Communicable Diseases as outlined by the Department of State Health Services.

Information & Resources

Communicable Disease Chart and Notes for Schools and Childcare Centers

COVID-19

Keller ISD is no longer tracking individual COVID-19 cases. If your child is diagnosed with COVID-19, please report it directly to your campus, as you would do for any other illness.  Students can return to school when they are fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever suppressing medications.   Fever is a temperature of 100° Fahrenheit (37.8° Celsius) or higher.    Click here for additional information from the Texas Department of State Health Services. 

Head Lice

• Head Lice Information
   

Influenza

• What You Need to Know about the Flu
• Cover Your Cough
• Influenza Symptoms, Protection, and What To Do If You Get Sick
• Texas Flu Surveillance 

Measles

• Measles: Key Facts
• Measles:  Make sure your Family is Immunized
   

Meningitis

• CDC Meningitis
• CDC Meningococcal 

Monkeypox

• What K-12 Schools Need to Know About Monkeypox
• What You Need to Know About Monkeypox If You Are a Teen or Young Adult

Pertussis

• Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Information
• Protect your family from Pertussis (Whooping Cough) with Immunization
   

Zika Virus

• Zika Virus Facts

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Additional Resources