Definition: “School.”

Definition: “School.” As used in this article, “school” means any day-care center, child care facility, headstart program, preschool, kindergarten, public or private, including any special school for children in the Commonwealth. Source: PL 1-33, § 2; amended by PL 3-43, § 105. Commission Comment: PL 1-33, the “School Immunization Act of 1979,” took effect August 1, 1979. PL 1-33, § 2 defined “school” to include elementary or secondary schools. PL 3-43, the “Education Act of 1983,” repealed PL 1-33 “as it applies to elementary and secondary education,” and student health provisions were specifically provided for in the new act. PL 3-43, §§ 105; see also PL 3-43, §§ 601-606. Nonetheless, PL 1-33 continues to apply to the immunization of students attending any public or private “day-care center, child care facility, headstart program, pre-school [or] kindergarten . . . including any such special school for children in the Commonwealth,” as provided in this section. For provisions relating to immunization of students in elementary schools, see 3 CMC § 1161 et seq.