Colorado school vaccine requirements and your child’s record
The short answer for Colorado
- Required for school
- Colorado K-12: hepatitis B, DTaP, polio (IPV), MMR, varicella, Tdap. Source · Official page
- If your child is behind on shots
- A school can accept an in-process catch-up plan signed by the child's health care provider. Source
- Get the record
- You can request your child's record from the Colorado Immunization Information System (CIIS). Source · Official page
Checked 11 Nov 2026 against the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) pages. The federal schedule is in court: see what cdc.gov shows today and what changed.
Colorado has a public portal and a request form, and it moved the Tdap school requirement to seventh grade.
Run by Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). Registry: Colorado Immunization Information System (CIIS). All facts on this page were checked on or after 11 Nov 2026.
Which schedule the state follows
- Colorado (CDPHE, 6 Jan 2026) recommends that families and providers follow the 2025 childhood immunization schedule issued by the AAPSource: cdphe.colorado.gov
For how the AAP and CDC schedules differ, see the comparison.
From the record to the school
Get your child’s record
- Who and what ID The request form is not accepted without proper ID or supporting documents; records come by fax or secure email
- What you get Parents or guardians of minors can use the CIIS public portal to view and print an official record
Sources: cdphe.colorado.gov
School and child care rules
- Good to know Each year, parents who exempt their child for nonmedical reasons must give each school a new Certificate of Nonmedical Exemption[S1]
- Recent change From 2026-2027, one dose of Tdap before the first day of seventh grade (was sixth grade)[S1]
- Good to know Colorado (CDPHE, 6 Jan 2026): school and child care immunization requirements have not changed[S2]
Sources: S1. cdphe.colorado.gov/requirements-to-attend-school-k12, S2. cdphe.colorado.gov/colorado-reaffirms-evidence-based-vaccine-guidance-and-continued-access-for-families
Exemptions
- Colorado names a Certificate of Medical or Nonmedical Exemption for missing doses
Sources: cdphe.colorado.gov
Other states: Texas, California, Florida, Wisconsin. All states.