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Air Quality is a Health and Safety Priority

Find our more on our Air Quality website

DJUSD is California's First Heart Safe District

In collaboration with UC Davis Children's Hospital and Project ADAM Sacramento, all campuses throughout the District have been designated Heart Safe Schools. Learn more below under Cardiac Emergencies & AEDs. See full press release HERE.

Combatting Fentanyl with Actions and Resources

The growing number of fentanyl overdoses is a crisis among California youth. By working together, educators, health experts, community partners, and families can better provide the critical supports to help keep students informed, healthy, and safe. Learn more below under Opioid Overdose & Naloxone.

Health Concerns at School

If your child has a serious health condition such as Diabetes, Seizure Disorder, or Severe Allergy, please contact your school nurse. The school nurse can develop an individualized health plan to support your child at school.

Please fill out this form with your doctor for prescription or over-the-counter medication:

Medication Assistance Authorization (Spanish)

A new Authorization is required at the beginning of each school year and any time there is a change in medication directives (such as change in medication, dosage, timing, or frequency).

All medication supplied to the District must be in its original labeled form (i.e., in the original prescription bottle, sealed package, etc.).

Except for personal asthma inhalers, epinephrine, and glucagon kits, a student may not independently possess medication during the school day or while on District property; all medication must be turned in to the school office.

If your child has a concussion, please contact your school nurse. Have your student's health care provider complete a care plan for school.

Elementary Concussion Care Plan
Secondary Concussion Care Plan

Concussion Facts
Concussion Information
Concussion Guidelines for School Staff

DJUSD is committed to the safety of our students. In order to reduce the risk that children with food allergies will have an allergy-related event at school, the following guidelines have been assembled:

DJUSD Guide for Supporting Children with Life-Threatening Food Allergies (Spanish)

Also see:
Information About Food Allergies for Parents of All Children (Spanish)

If your child has a severe food allergy or bee sting allergy you will be asked to bring an epinephrine auto-injector to the school office along with the following forms signed by you and your child's doctor.

Allergy Action Plan (Spanish)
Medication Authorization (Spanish)

These forms must be renewed every year.

Contact your school nurse if your child needs any precautions or accommodations in the classroom.

If your child requires an inhaler at school please bring the inhaler to the school office along with the following forms signed by you and your child's doctor.

Asthma Care Plan Packet (Spanish)

These forms must be renewed every year.

Your child may carry the inhaler if they are able to safely self-administer the medication. Forms are still required when your child carries the inhaler.

Immunization requirements for admission to school or child care in California for the 2022-23 school year remain in place.

For information about the immunizations that are required for school entry in California visit Shots for School

Exemptions based on personal beliefs will no longer be an option for the vaccines that are currently required for entry into child care or school in California. For more information, please see the Frequently Asked Questions available at: Shots for School

If your student is vaccinated against COVID-19, please provide a copy of the vaccination card for school records HERE. COVID-19 vaccination is not required for enrollment, per California state law.

Lice is an unfortunate occurrence at school. However no disease is associated with head lice, and in-school transmission is considered to be rare. Lice should not disrupt the educational process. Below are district guidelines, resources, and policy:

Lice Protocol
How To Get Rid Of Lice (Spanish)
Head Lice Board Policy

Contact your school nurse if your student is diagnosed with Diabetes Type 1 or Type 2.

Type 1 Diabetes Parent Information

Documentation to complete with your provider:

Diabetes Medical Management Plan for School

Students with glucagon prescribed must provide the following documentation and the medication to the school office in the event the student has a hypoglycemic emergency.

Medication Assistance Authorization
(Spanish)

If your student has seizures, please contact your school nurse to arrange for a health care plan.

Seizure rescue medication can be available at school and staff will be trained how to administer the medication. Please complete the following required documentation with your health care provider.

Seizure Rescue Medication - Physician Authorization

Per education code, 51241, students cannot be exempted permanently from PE. However, PE can be modified as needed.

Contact your school nurse or counselor for more information.

PE Exclusion or Limitation Form (for doctor to complete)

All school sites have stock Epi-Pens on hand to respond to anaphylaxis in persons who do not have emergency medication on site or who have not been previously diagnosed with an allergy.

Credentialed School Nurses train teacher, administrators and staff to recognize signs of anaphylaxis and administer epinephrine.

DJUSD Stock Emergency Medications

All DJSUD school sites have access to naloxone, which is the medication that can reverse a fentanyl (or other opioid) overdose and save a life.

DJUSD Health Services staff are all trained to recognize the signs of opioid overdose and use naloxone. Credentialed School Nurses have also trained teachers, administrator and staff members to do the same.

Naloxone is readily available on all DJUSD campuses, attached to all AEDs.

Learn more about programs and services from the California Department of Education.

DJUSD Stock Emergency Medications

DJUSD is committed to the health and safety our community. There is at least one AED on every district campus and AED locations are tracked on the National AED Registry for emergency services access. DJUSD staff train, run drills, and have a written plan specific to each site to address cardiac emergencies as part of our Heart Safe Schools designations.

Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) are used to help those experiencing sudden cardiac arrest. It's an easy-to-use medical device that can analyze the heart's rhythm and, if necessary, deliver an electrical shock, or defibrillation, to help the heart re-establish an effective rhythm. Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death for student athletes, and the cause of more than 320,000 total sudden cardiac deaths in the United States every year.