Is HIV infection ever a reason to exclude students from attendance at school or regular education programs?
Neither HIV infection nor AIDS is reason to exclude a student from attendance at school, deny use of educational transportation, or classify as eligible for home instruction or special education. Prior to 1992, state regulations provided a list of exceptional conditions under which HIV-infected students might be excluded. These conditions (incontinence, uncontrolled drooling and documented aggressive behavior such as biting) were eliminated from state regulations because of evidence that urine, feces and saliva are not significant vehicles of HIV transmission. Biting is a potential, but not significant method by which HIV can be transmitted, since most bites do not include exchange of blood from one person to another. The basis for excluding or classifying a student with HIV infection are the same as those applied to other students, regardless of HIV status. Students with advanced HIV infection may develop handicapping conditions which would call for evaluation as conditions appropriat
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