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KISD follows guidelines set by the Texas Dept of Health for communicable illness. Please keep your student at home for the following conditions:
- Temperature of 100 degrees or above
- Vomiting or diarrhea
- Red, draining eyes
- Presence of lice in the hair
- Rash of undetermined cause
- Intense itching with open lesions
- Open draining lesions
- Undiagnosed scaly patches on the body or scalp
- Pain/swelling in the angle of the jaw
- Jaundice
- Suffering from a reportable illness as defined by the TDH
NOTE: The State of Texas requires students to be fever free for 24 hours (without the use of fever reducing medication) before returning to school. KISD Health Services recommends students with vomiting/diarrhea follow the same guidelines.