Communicable Disease Chart and Notes for Schools and Childcare Centers

Texas Administrative Code - Health Conditions Requiring Exclusion from Schools 

COVID-19

• COVID-19 Testing in Tarrant County
  
  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. Per the State of Texas, individuals who test positive for COVID-19 should exclude themselves from school or daycare settings for five days from the onset of symptoms; or, if asymptomatic but tests positive for COVID-19 should exclude themselves from the school or daycare setting for five days from the date they test positive. 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
• TexasFlu.org

Measles

• Measles Fact Sheet (TCPH)
• Measles Info from the CDC
• 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
• Monkeypox Info from the CDC
  
  

Pertussis

• CDC Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Information
  
  

Zika Virus

• Zika Virus Facts

When Sickness Strikes: Know When to Keep a Child Home From School

Tarrant County Public Health Centers (El Departamento de Salud del Condado Tarrant)