California vaccine law private schools. California has a new vaccination law on the books. Effective january 1 2016. California passed immunization legislation that will make it more difficult to receive a medical vaccine exemption in order to attend a public or private school.
The states strict vaccination laws both written by state sen. Your three year old would need to meet vaccination requirements upon entering the next grade span. It cracks down on inappropriate use of medical exemptions that allow kids to skip some or all vaccines and still enter school.
While the overall vaccination rates of students are high medical exemptions cluster in some areas and many schools in these areas have vaccination rates less than 95. 2019 update regarding sb 276 and sb 714. Parents or guardians of students in any school or child care facility whether public or private will no longer be allowed to submit a personal beliefs exemption to a currently required vaccine.
You can look up your schools vaccination rate at shots for school. One in 4 california schools had low vaccination rates for kindergartners in 2018 19 school year. Governor brown signed senate bill sb 277 on june 30 2015 which changes immunization requirements for children entering child care or school.
Currently all private schools must require documentary proof of each new students immunization status for the required immunizations prescribed by the california department of public health and. In 2016 california implemented one of the strictest vaccination laws in the country requiring all children be vaccinated despite personal or religious beliefs in order to attend school unless a. B kindergarten and grades 1 to 6 inclusive including transitional kindergarten.
47 were charters 10 were private and six were traditional public schools. Richard pan d sacramento a pediatrician apply to all schools except for home based private schools and students enrolled in an. Private schools and child care centers are held to the same timelines.
It gives power over the exemption process to public health officials and will create a vaccination database of all children with medical dispensation. For the purposes of the vaccination law grade spans are defined as a birth to preschool.
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