FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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    STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
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    John L. Winn
    Commissioner of Education
    F. PHILIP HANDY,
    Chairman
    T. WILLARD FAIR,
    Vice Chairman
    Members
    DONNA G. CALLAWAY
    ROBERTO MARTÍNEZ
    PHOEBE RAULERSON
    KATHLEEN SHANAHAN
    LINDA K. TAYLOR
    Contact Information:
    MEMORANDUM
    Name: Dianne Mennitt
    Phone: (850) 922-3727
    TO:
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    District School Superintendents
    Suncom: 292-3727
    E-mail: dmennitt@tempest.coedu.usf.edu
    FROM:
    Cheri Pierson Yecke, Ph.D.
    K12: 2006-67
    DATE:
    May 24, 2006
    SUBJECT:
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    KINDERGARTEN AND SEVENTH GRADE IMMUNIZATION
    VALIDATION ASSESSMENT, SCHOOL YEAR 2005-2006
    The Florida Department of Education is committed to a seamless education system that promotes
    student achievement in a safe learning environment. The Department of Health requested that
    our office forward to all school districts the attached information regarding the Kindergarten and
    Seventh Grade Immunization Validation Assessment for the 2005-2006 school year. Section
    1003.22, Florida Statutes, requires each district school board and the governing authority of each
    private school to refuse admittance or temporarily exclude from attendance any student who is
    not in compliance with the immunization requirements for school attendance. The Validation
    Assessment indicated 2.5 percent of seventh grade students and 1.3 percent of kindergarten
    students in randomly selected schools were attending school without proper documentation.
    Although this is an improvement over past years, schools must continue to work closely with
    their county health department to temporarily exclude and refer these students for required
    immunizations or documentation in accordance with Section 1003.22, Florida Statutes.
    If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Darci Lolley, Department of Health, Bureau of
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    Immunization, at (850) 484-5191 or SUNCOM 690-5191.
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    CPY/dm
    Attachment
    cc:
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    Charles H. Alexander, Chief, Department of Health, Bureau of Immunization
    CHERI PIERSON YECKE, PH.D.
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    CHANCELLOR, K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOLS
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    325 W. GAINES STREET • SUITE 514 • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 245-0509 • www.fldoe.org

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