Immunization Requirements

Immunization Clinic Schedules

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Students enrolling in the Dallas Independent School District for the first time (prekindergarten, kindergarten, students from another state or country) must provide evidence of current Texas required immunization compliance by submitting a record from the physician or health clinic.

Exemptions:

Exemption from immunization requirements may be granted for medical or religious reasons. Parents may request in writing from the Texas Department of State Health Services a waiver and provide the original notarized document to the campus administrator before the child can be enrolled in school. For more information regarding immunization exemptions, check with the school nurse or view Texas Department of State Health Services immunization exemption guidelines at: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/immunize/school/school_exclusion.shtm.

A 30-day provisional enrollment is available to students

who transfer from one Texas school to another Texas school, and
who are defined as homeless according to the federal McKinney-Ventro Act 42 U.S.

For more information regarding immunizations, check with the school nurse.

Required Immunizations:

Diphtheria-Tetanus Pertussis – Students under age 7, five doses of the vaccine are required unless the fourth dose was given on or after the fourth birthday. For students age 7 and older: three doses of the vaccine with one dose since the fourth birthday, and every 10 years thereafter.
Poliomyelitis – Four doses of the vaccine unless the third dose was on or after the fourth birthday.
Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) – Two doses with the first dose on or after the first birthday; second dose by age 5 or enrollment into kindergarten.
Haemophilus Influenza (Hib) Type B – For students 15 months of age through 4 years, one dose of Haemophilus Influenza type B conjugate since 15 months of age, or a series of three doses before 15 months of age with one dose after 12 months of age.
Hepatitis B – Three doses required for all students.
Varicella – One dose on or after the first birthday for grades kindergarten through four and seven through 10; two doses if vaccine is started at 13 years of age or older.
Pneumococcal – One dose after 24 months of age or a minimum of three doses after 12 months of age.
Hepatitis A – Two doses required for students age 24 months through prekindergarten. Kindergarten through 12th grade, two doses recommended, but not required.

The following are recommended vaccines. (Consult healthcare provider):

Meningococcal – One dose recommended for students ages 11 or 12, and to previously unvaccinated adolescents at 15 years. Other high-risk groups and younger children may be eligible for the vaccine.
Human Papilomavirus – Two dose series with the first dose to females at age 11 or 12 and the second dose two months after the first dose. Adolescent females ages 13 through 18 years may receive the series if previously not vaccinated.
Influenza – Two doses for children ages 5 through 9 years receiving the vaccine for the first time. One dose for children ages 5 through 21 receiving the vaccine after previous year(s) of vaccinations.