Opinion ID: 2037673
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Heading: Parental Waiver.

Text: Jessica and Melissa Maack enrolled and attended classes at Lincoln East under a parental waiver of student immunization against certain diseases, including measles. Such waiver is authorized by Neb.Rev.Stat. § 79-444.01 (Reissue 1987), which provides: Each board of education and the governing authority of each school in this state shall require each student to be protected against measles, mumps, rubella, poliomyelitis, diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus by immunization ... unless a parent or guardian of such student presents a written statement that he or she does not wish to have such student so immunized. While the Maack children were enrolled at Lincoln East, § 79-4,177(1) provided in pertinent part: (1) Any student may be excluded from school in the following circumstances[:] (a) If the student has a dangerous communicable disease transmissible through normal school contacts and poses an imminent threat to the health and safety of the school community; or (b) If the student's conduct presents a clear threat to the physical safety of himself, herself, or others, or is so extremely disruptive as to make temporary removal necessary to preserve the rights of other students to pursue an education.