Texas Guide to School Health Services: Office Resources

School health office resources include materials used by school health services personnel on a regular basis. Below is information on communicable diseases, environmental health, emergency preparedness, health programming, medical assistance programs and other useful information. 

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Communicable Diseases

• CDC: Office of Infectious Disease
• CDC: Preventing Infectious Disease Manual
• DSHS: Communicable Disease Chart for Schools and Child Care Centers (view)
• DSHS: Communicable Disease Chart for Schools and Child Care Centers (print)
• DSHS: Communicable Disease Chart for Schools and Child Care Centers (chart and notes) 
• DSHS: Notifiable Conditions
• Texas Administrative Code: Rule §97.7 - Diseases Requiring Exclusion from Schools
• CDC: Laws and Regulations Governing the Control of Communicable Diseases

Environmental Health

• CDC: Bed Bugs
• CDC: Head Lice
• DSHS: Managing Head Lice in School Settings and at Home

Frequently Asked Questions

School Health and Related Services FAQs [pdf] 

Preparedness

• DSHS: Health Service Regions
• DSHS: Health Emergency Preparedness and Response
• NASN: Position Statement: Emergency Preparedness and Response in the School Setting
• NASN: School Emergency Triage Training (SETT)
• FEMA: Guide for Developing High-Quality School Emergency Operation Plans 
• School-Based Emergency Preparedness: A National Analysis and Recommended Protocol [pdf] 
  
• Texas Division of Emergency Management 
  

Record Retention Schedule

Retention Schedule for Records of Public School Districts

Resources for Social Services

• Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) 
• CHIP in Texas 
• HHSC: Medicaid and CHIP 
• HHSC: Texas Health Steps Links 
• Texas Medicaid and Healthcare Partnership 

State and National Resources

• American School Health Association
• APHA: Center for School, Health and Education
  
• CDC: School Health Guidelines to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity [pdf] 
• TDI: Texas Health Resources 

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