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Immunization Requirements

Immunization Requirements

Parents need to be aware that if documentation is not received at the school by the first day of school, the school district is required to exclude the student from participation in school.  Failure to do so will result in your child not being able to attend school.

 

Requirements for all School Students in K-12

  • 4 doses of tetanus (1 dose on or after the 4th birthday)

  • 4 doses of diphtheria (1 dose on or after the 4th birthday)

  • 4 doses of acellular pertussis (usually given as DTP or DTaP -- 1 dose on or after the 4th birthday)

  • 4 doses of polio (4th dose on or after the 4th birthday and at least 6 months after previous dose given)

  • 2 doses of measles (usually given as MMR)

  • 2 doses of mumps (usually given as MMR)

  • 2 doses of rubella (usually given as MMR)

  • 3 doses of hepatitis B (an additional dose would be necessary if the first three are not administered within the proper time frame)

  • 2 doses of varicella (chicken pox) or written statement from physician/designee indicating month and year of disease or serologic proof of immunity

 
ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, unless the child has a medical or religious/philosophical exemption, a child must have had at least one dose of the above vaccinations or risk exclusion from school.
 
If a child does not have all the doses listed above, needs additional doses, and the next dose is medically appropriate, the child must receive that dose within the first five days of school or risk exclusion.  If the next dose is not the final dose of the series, the child must also provide a medical plan (red and white card) within the first five days of school for obtaining the required immunizations or risk exclusion from school.
 
If a child does not have all the doses listed above, needs additional doses and the next dose is not medically appropriate, the child must provide a medical plan (red and white card) within the first five days of school for obtaining the required immunizations or risk exclusion from school.
 
The medical plan must be followed or risk exclusion. 
 

Requirements for all students in grades 7 on the first day of 7th grade (in addition to the above vaccines)

  • 1 dose of tetanus/diphtheria/pertussis (Tdap) 

  • 1 dose of meningitis vaccine (MCV4) 

Requirements for all students in grade 12 on the first day of 12th grade (in addition to the above vaccines)

  • An additional dose of meningitis vaccine (MCV4) received after the age of 16 (for a total of 2 doses). 
On the First Day of 7th and 12th Grade: Unless the child has a medical or religious/philosophical exemption, a child must have had the above vaccines or risk exclusion from school.
 
These vaccines are required for entrance, 7th grade and 12th grade continue to be required in each succeeding school year.
 
These requirements allow for the following exemptions: medical reason, religious belief or philosophical/strong moral or ethical conviction.  Even if your child is exempt from immunizations, he or she may be excluded from school during an outbreak of vaccine preventable disease. 

 

 

 

 
ADDITIONAL IMMUNIZATION INFORMATION