2025-2026 – In accordance with Texas Senate Bill 12, Leander ISD is providing this annual notice of the campus-based health services available to students. To comply with state law, please complete the 2025–26 Health Services Annual Parent/Guardian Consent Form to indicate your decision. This ensures we provide only the services you authorize.
We remain committed to partnering with you to support your child’s health, safety, and learning. For questions, contact: [email protected].
Leander ISD has student health clinics in 49 schools, staffed by Registered Nurses, Licensed Vocational Nurses, and Clinic Assistants. The mission of our health services team is to ensure each student has access to their education by working collaboratively with families and school staff to provide whole-child centered care, prioritizing their health and safety while acting in a professional and empathetic manner.
Director of Health Services
Cristin Wicketts
[email protected]
512-570-0138
Health-Related Services FAQs
Why am I receiving this information?
Parents and guardians have the right to make decisions about their child’s upbringing and care. Our district’s role is to partner with families by supporting student health and well-being so students are able to participate in learning.
This page explains the health-related services that may be available at your child’s campus. It does not mean every service will be provided to every student.
What health-related services may be available at school?
Depending on your child’s needs, campus health staff may provide or support the following services:
- State-required health screenings, which may include hearing, vision, spinal/scoliosis, and acanthosis nigricans screenings
- Minor wound care, such as cleaning small cuts or scrapes, applying a bandage, providing an ice pack, and short-term observation
- Assessment of minor illness or physical symptoms, which may include checking temperature, observing symptoms, or taking vital signs when needed
- Observation of head-injury symptoms and parent/guardian referral after a reported or suspected head injury
- Head lice checks when lice are suspected
- Brief health guidance related to hygiene, illness prevention, hydration, symptom management, or injury prevention
- Menstrual-related support, including district-provided menstrual supplies when available
- Referral to appropriate school staff when a student has a health-related concern
Do I have to give permission for these services?
The district will assume you consent to these health-related services unless you choose to opt out of specific services.
You may change your choices at any time.
How do I opt out of a health-related service?
To request an opt-out form, email or provide written notice to your child’s campus nurse. The form will allow you to identify the specific health-related services you do not want provided to your child.
What happens if I opt out?
If you opt out of a specific service, the campus nurse or designated clinic staff generally will not assess or provide that selected service, except in an emergency.
If your child needs care that you have opted out of, a parent or guardian will be contacted.
For a minor injury, you may be asked whether your child can return to class or needs to be picked up so you can provide care.
For suspected illness, a parent/guardian will be contacted and the student will need to be picked up within the hour. The district’s 24-hour return-to-school protocol will apply. A student may return before the 24-hour timeframe with written documentation from a licensed healthcare provider confirming that the student is not ill or contagious and may safely return to school.
Does opting out prevent the school from responding to an emergency?
No. Opting out does not prevent the district from:
- Responding to emergencies
- Contacting emergency medical services
- Following state or federal law
- Making required reports
- Providing general caretaking and safety support
How will I be notified when my child receives care?
Notification may be provided through a clinic pass sent home with your student, by email, or by phone call. The method of notification depends on the type of care provided and district health-services protocols.
Not every clinic visit requires an individual phone call or email. Campus health staff will determine when direct parent/guardian notification is needed.
Student Health Information
If your child has any new medical condition(s), or an update to any existing medical condition, that the campus nurse needs to be made aware of, please submit this information by completing a Student Health Information Update. This form may also be used to notify your child’s campus nurse of any new or updated information regarding medication administration and/or health service support related to their condition(s), during the school day.
Over-the-Counter Standing Orders
Leander ISD partners with a local physician who provides standing orders for the use of certain over-the-counter medications during the school day, in certain circumstances, as long as a parent/guardian has completed and opted in to the standing order consent.
Forms
These forms will allow the health services team to provide care for your student while at school. Please feel free to ask your campus clinic staff if you have any questions.
Request to Administer Medication
If your student requires medication at school, please use one of these forms:
Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Plan
For students with anaphylaxis to food, insects, or other substances, please use one of these forms:
Respiratory Action Plan
For students with respiratory issues requiring an inhaler, please use this form:
Seizure Care Plan
For students with a seizure disorder, please use this form:
- Seizure Care Plan – English
Seizure Care Plan – Spanish
Self-Carry Medications
For our older students, who the parents, the physician, and the health service staff deem able to administer their own emergency medication, please use this form:
Special Diet
If your child requires modification of school meals, please use one of these forms:
Diabetic Orders
If your student is a diabetic, please use one of these forms or your physician printed school order form:
- Diabetic Orders Without Pump – English
Diabetic Orders Without Pump – Spanish - Diabetic Orders With Pump – English
Diabetic Orders With Pump – Spanish - Unlicensed Diabetes Care Assistant (UDCA) Authorization
Enteral Tube Feeding
If your student requires enteral feeding, please use this form:
Special Procedures
If your student requires a special procedure, such as urinary catheterization or tracheal suctioning, please use this form:
Community Disease & Health Updates
Here are some friendly reminders to help stay virus free this season:
- Wash your hands often with soap and water for 20 seconds
- If soap and water not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.
- Cover your Cough; Cough and sneeze into a tissue then throw it away, or cough and sneeze into your upper shirt sleeve, completely covering your mouth and nose
- Wash your hands after coughing, sneezing, or blowing your nose
- Disinfect frequently touched surfaces, and objects such as toys and doorknobs
- Stay at home while you are sick.
- Call and inform school nurse of confirmed Flu diagnosis.
LISD follows the Texas Department of Health Guidelines for illness-related exclusions from school. A student will be sent home if they have a fever of 100.0 Fahrenheit or above or any other contagious symptoms (vomiting, diarrhea, etc.) and will need to remain home until symptom free for twenty-four (24) hours, and without the use of medications.
Additionally, LISD has compiled important information regarding communicable diseases and health issues, including the flu, pertussis (whooping cough), varicella (chickenpox) and mosquito illnesses at the link below.
District Health Guidelines
Leander ISD’s Health Guidelines outline information and processes dealing with the following topics:
- Exclusion from school
- Lice
- Medication at school
- Hospitalizations / Injuries requiring intervention
Allergy Management
Anaphylaxis is a severe, potentially life-threatening allergic reaction. Common examples of triggers include foods, latex, insects and medication. Exposure can lead to various symptoms, which may include difficulty breathing, hives, difficulty swallowing or a dangerous drop in blood pressure and shock.
Immunizations
Immunizations
All students, new and returning, must complete their immunization requirements for school. The health services staff at your campus will be able to review your students’ immunization records and offer you locations to obtain immunizations, if they are needed.
- Requirements
- Exceptions
- Provisional Enrollment
- Documentation
- Resources
Private Duty Nurse
LISD has campus clinic personnel, comprised of RNs, LVNs and Clinic Health Assistants, providing health services for our students. Occasionally, parents may wish for additional nursing care for their child who has high health needs. Parents are financially responsible for this additional nursing care.
More information about Private Duty Nurse and their requirements
School Screenings
Leander ISD follows the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) guidelines in providing school screenings for our students.
For Vision and Hearing:
Leander ISD screens all 4-year-olds by Sept. 1. Kindergartners, 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th graders are screened, as well as all new to district students.
For Spinal Screenings:
In accordance with DSHS, Leander ISD screens girls twice at ages 10 and 12 and boys once at age 13 or 14.
For Acanthosis Nigricans:
Leander ISD screens 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th grade students for skin markers associated with Type 2 Diabetes and other chronic health conditions.
Staff Directory
For a districtwide staff listing, visit the Staff Directory page.
Each LISD school has campus nurse. To contact your student’s campus nurse, please visit your school website.
