HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2015.05.06 - 21839MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION # 15132
BY: Commissioner Michael Spisz, District #3
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — PARENTAL RIGHT TO KNOW THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS
RECEIVING IMMUNIZATION WAIVERS BY SCHOOL BUILDING AND CHILD CARE FACILITY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS since 1978, Michigan law requires that each student, upon entry into kindergarten or into a
new school district involving grades 1-12, possess a certificate of immunization at the time of registration
or no later than the first day of school; and
WHEREAS Michigan law mandates that an immunization assessment be completed for each 7th grade
student; and
WHEREAS all children who attend preschool and child care programs in Michigan are required by law to
be fully vaccinated in accordance with Michigan Public Health Code Act; and
WHEREAS parents may receive a waiver of these requirements due to medical, religious or philosophical
beliefs; and
WHEREAS vaccines have reduced and, in some cases, eliminated many diseases that killed or severely
disabled people just a few generations ago; and
WHEREAS high levels of vaccination can create "herd protection", shielding children that cannot receive
certain vaccinations due to severe allergies, weakened immune systems from conditions like leukemia;
and
WHEREAS measles, a disease once thought eradicated, has reappeared in increasing numbers,
especially among unvaccinated children; and
WHEREAS parents have a right to make informed decisions to protect the health of their children; and
WHEREAS current regulations require schools and child care facilities to collect and report the number of
enrolled individuals receiving immunization waivers; and
WHEREAS this data is not currently easily accessible on the internet or public positing to inform parents
the statistics for individual school buildings or sites; and
WHEREAS state, county and school district officials should provide parents with updated and relevant
information on the rates of immunization in order to make informed decisions to safeguard the health and
safety of their children.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners calls upon
members of the Michigan Legislature to adopt legislation that would require that current statistics on the
number of immunization waivers by school building or child care site be readily and easily accessible on
websites at the state, county and school district level and posted at each respective building in a
conspicuous place.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the County of Oakland is directed to submit a copy of this
resolution to the Office of the Governor, Senate Majority and Minority Leaders, the House Speaker and
Minority Leader, members of the Oakland County delegation to the Michigan Legislature, the Michigan
Association of Counties, the Michigan Department of Community Health and the Oakland County Health
Department.
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing Resolution.
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Resolution #15132 May 6, 2015
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no
objections.