Is this a reasonable policy?

[Blackcat31]

I was thinking of adding this policy to my handbook, but balked because the norm is 24 (or less!) around here.

Quick question though - if a child gets sent home at 2:00 Monday afternoon, then they can't return til Thursday. But if a kid gets sick at 10:00, they can return on Wednesday at 10, because it has been 48 hours. I would just say the kid that got sick at 10 should stay home two full days but how would you keep parents from nitpicking over this?

I don't go by hours anyways so I should have said days. If they get sick at 9 a.m on Monday or 3 p.m. they stay home for the next two days......doesn't matter what time they actually got sick.

The concept works great as the whole point is making parents think twice before doping and dropping their kids off at daycare. I am a firm believer that a single day of rest as soon as you don't feel well, has a huge impact on how sick a person gets and how quickly they recover.

I implemented this idea last year when I was having some trouble with parents doping/dropping but now I have zero issues with illness at all and now when a kid is sick the average length of absent time is only a day.