Washington State Law RCW 28A.210.320 states that any child who has a life-threatening condition is required to have a medication order, the medication and a nursing care plan in place in order to be admitted to school.

Does your student need an Emergency Care Plan (ECP) or an Individualized Health Plan (IHP)? Will your child need a plan in place to keep him/her safe and teachers informed during the school day?

If your student has asthma, life threatening allergies (foods, nuts, bees), epilepsy, cardiac issues, diabetes, encopresis, or any life-threatening condition, the school nurse will need to have an ECP and/or IHP on file prior to the first day of school.

Below you can find the appropriate forms needed, or contact your school nurse for more information.

To attend school in the Ellensburg School District, students must comply with Washington State immunization requirements. Per RCW 28A.210.080 and WAC 246-105, all students are required to provide medically verified documentation of immunizations or a valid Certificate of Exemption before attending school.

Acceptable documentation includes:

• A Certificate of Immunization Status (CIS) form printed from MyIR
• A medically verified CIS completed by your health care provider
• A Certificate of Exemption (COE) signed by a parent/guardian and, for personal or religious exemptions, a licensed health care provider

Students who are not in compliance with immunization laws will be excluded from school in accordance with RCW 28A.210.120, WAC 392-380, and Ellensburg School District Policy 3413 & Procedure 3413P.

For questions, please contact your child’s school nurse.

Reducing and eliminating the diseases that vaccines prevent is one of the top achievements in the history of public health. But, because of this success, most young parents have never seen the devastating effects that diseases like polio, measles or whooping cough (pertussis) can have on a family or community. It's easy to think of these as diseases that only existed in the past. But, the truth is, they still exist. Children in the United States can — and do — still get some of these diseases. In fact, when vaccination rates drop in a community, it's not uncommon to have an outbreak.

In the US, there are known cases of chicken pox, whooping cough, polio and measles. There have also been confirmed cases in Washington State. If there is an outbreak in Ellensburg and your child has not had the disease or vaccination against the disease, they will need to be excluded until they are vaccinated or time period set by Public Health Department.

If you don't have health insurance or if your insurance doesn't cover vaccinations, the Vaccines For Children (VFC) program may be able to help with the cost.