Child Entering Public School Without ALL Suggested Immunizations

Check out this link: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/immunize/school/default.shtm#...

You need to submit a written request to the Texas State Department of Health to seek an exemption from vaccines for your child. It appears they will send you a form that must be notarized and brought to the school within 90 days of the notarization date. I hope this helps!

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My children are vaccine free. You can contact the state health department and turn in a request for a vaccine exemption form. They are very picky now and it is harder to do the exemption than before. They are tracking every one of the them. When you get the form back you just check the vaccinations that are missing, get it notorized, and turn it in to the school. With the exemption they can't say anything about the missing vaccines. You will have to repeat this every year. As he has more vaccinations completed you simply check less boxes. If you plan on him getting all the immunization shots eventually then the school may have another paperwork method that they want you to do instead of the exemption. Then okay, whatever. I would want to get the shots at my own pace and not be dictated to about how close together they are and I think the exemption gives the most freedom in that. I honestly feel that the shots are too many too close together and they batch the vaccinations together to much. Anyway good luck.
God Bless

Over 20 years ago when I put my kids in school one year before going back to homeschooling the principal of a Christian school stated that since it was "against my religious beliefs" it would be fine. That's all it took back then. But I see times have changed and there's a heck of a lot more immunizations being given too, my goodness!

Check with the school he will be attending and learn what rules apply.