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School vaccine requirements and shot records by state
Each state in one row: registry, vaccines for school, grace period, exemption types and the schedule it recommends, from the state health department. Pick a state for the full rules.
| State | Registry | How a parent gets the record | Vaccines for school | Grace period or provisional enrollment | Exemption types | Schedule the state recommends | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | ImmTrac2 | To request your child's record, complete the appropriate form and return it to your health care provider or local health department, or email the request to the address DSHS gives. | Kindergarten to 12th grade: DTaP/Tdap, polio, MMR, hepatitis B, varicella, hepatitis A; meningococcal (MCV4) from 7th grade. | DSHS says “The following requirements must be met for a child to attend school: The student has been immunized in accordance with the rules; The student has an exemption affidavit from immunization requirements on file with the school in accordance with the rules; or The student is entitled to 30-day provisional enrollment.” It adds: “Unless a student meets the provisional enrollment criteria, as outlined in Texas Administrative Code §97.66 and §97.69, they cannot attend until the signed, notarized Exemption Affidavit is on file with the school.” For Hepatitis A, DSHS says a K-12 student with 1 dose may be provisionally enrolled if that dose was received in the last 6 months, and the 2nd dose is then due 6 months after the first. | Texas law allows exclusion on an individual basis for medical contraindications, for reasons of conscience including religious belief, and for armed-forces active duty. | Not listed here for this state; see its health department | 11 Nov 2026 |
| California | Records portal: Digital Vaccine Record portal | The state's Digital Vaccine Record Portal is the first place CDPH points to for a record. | California K-12 (including transitional kindergarten): DTaP/Tdap, polio, hepatitis B, MMR, varicella. | Schools may conditionally admit a pupil who lacks documentation if doses are started and none is currently due. | California chart IMM-231 names permanent and temporary medical exemptions. | California (CDPH, with the West Coast Health Alliance) recommends the AAP schedule (statement of 5 Jan 2026). | 11 Nov 2026 |
| Florida | Florida SHOTS | Florida SHOTS' public request form provides records only for people 18 and over. For a child's record (17 and under), contact the child's physician or the local county health department. | Florida's Department of Health lists for kindergarten through 12th grade: 4-5 doses of DTaP, 4-5 doses of IPV, 2 doses of MMR, 3 doses of hepatitis B and 2 doses of varicella (varicella is not required if a health care provider documents a history of the disease). | Not listed here for this state; see its health department | Florida names a religious exemption (Form DH 681, county health department) and temporary and permanent medical exemptions (provider, on DH 680). | Not listed here for this state; see its health department | 11 Nov 2026 |
| Washington | Immunization Information System (IIS); families can sign up for MyIR | Parents can get a child's record by sending a signed Authorization to Release form. Parents and adults can sign up for MyIR for access to family records. | Child care and school: chickenpox, diphtheria, rubella, Hib (to age 5), hepatitis B, measles, mumps, pneumococcal (to age 5), polio, tetanus, pertussis. | Children completing their vaccines may attend in conditional status; 30 calendar days to turn in documentation once the next dose is due. | Washington allows exemptions for personal/philosophical, religious or medical reasons; measles, mumps and rubella cannot be exempted for personal/philosophical reasons. | Not listed here for this state; see its health department | 11 Nov 2026 |
| Colorado | Colorado Immunization Information System (CIIS) | Parents or guardians of minors can use the CIIS public portal to view and print an official record. | Colorado K-12: hepatitis B, DTaP, polio (IPV), MMR, varicella, Tdap. | A school can accept an in-process catch-up plan signed by the child's health care provider. | Colorado names a Certificate of Medical or Nonmedical Exemption for missing doses. | Colorado (CDPHE, 6 Jan 2026) recommends that families and providers follow the 2025 childhood immunization schedule issued by the AAP. | 11 Nov 2026 |
| Wisconsin | Wisconsin Immunization Registry (WIR) | Parents and guardians can look up their children's records in the Wisconsin Immunization Registry (WIR) public portal. | Kindergarten to 6th grade: polio, MMR, DTaP/DTP/DT/Td, hepatitis B, varicella. | DHS says a student can be counted “in process” if the dates for the first doses of the required vaccines are provided within 30 school days of admission; “in process” also applies to the second doses within 90 school days of admission, and a student cannot be “in process” if the missing vaccine is a single-dose requirement such as Tdap. | Wisconsin names health, religious and personal conviction waivers. | Wisconsin (DHS) continues to recommend the AAP childhood schedule (statement of 8 Jan 2026). | 11 Nov 2026 |
means not listed here for that state; see its health department.
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