Additional Likely Ways to Get Head Lice - Part 2

Missouri City and Sugar Land (Fort Bend ISD) This district allows children with nits to remain in school but takes a proactive stance in helping families to eradicate cases of head lice. Fort Bend ISD: “Head lice, although not an illness or a disease, is very common among children and is spread very easily through head-to-head contact during play, sports, or nap time and when children share things like brushes, combs, hats, and headphones.

In consideration of recommendations by the California Department of Public Health, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Centers for Disease Control, many districts in Ventura county now have a "no live lice" policy in place. This is a departure from the prior policy, which was a “no nit” policy.