LICE TIPS

Schools in the Oakland and Berekely areas do not remove children from classes solely based on the presence of nits or eggs.

Schools in the Santa Clarita area do not hold to a strict no-nit policy.

Every school district sets the policies for dealing with head lice in the schools and we recommend that you always check with your child‘s school to clarify what its specific policy is.

Schools in the Vallejo City Unified School District do not exclude children from attending school unless they are found to have an active case of lice, including the presence of live adult lice.

Lice can be found in myth, folklore, literature, and history throughout time. You will be surprised at how prevalent head lice have been throughout the ages.

You may be wondering why your child’s school now allows children with head lice to attend. You are trying to protect your child and the school is allowing another student with an active case to be in the classroom. What’s going on at schools today with respect to head lice policies? Since 2015, more and more schools have dropped their “no nit” school lice policies in accordance with the recommendations from the American Association of Pediatrics (AAP).

Schools in the Chandler area, including Queen Creek, do not hold a strict “no-nit” policy; instead they have a “no-live lice” policy.

Denton schools do not exclude healthy children from school based on the presence of lice eggs or nits and therefore do not enforce a strict “no nit” policy. Children must be treated to eliminate live lice before returning to the classroom.

Schools in the Mesquite area do not enforce a strict “no nit“ policy. Once treatment has begun and there are no live bugs, students are allowed to return to the classroom. Mesquite Public Schools 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.

Birdville Independent School District North Richland Hills and Haltom City share the Birdville Independent School district, and they continue to enforce a strict “no nit“ policy in contrast to updated recommendations by the CDC and National Association of School Nurses. “Children found with evidence of head lice or nits will be excluded from school. They may be readmitted after treatment with a medicated pediculicide shampoo or an alternative treatment and all nits have been removed.