Starting this school year, additional changes have been made to the immunization requirements for all children in Texas Public Schools. Parents are encouraged to check to see if their children’s shot records are up to date and to please contact their campus and speak with a Bandera ISD School Nurse. A complete list of vaccination requirements for the 2009-2010 school year are available in the Family Center at www.banderaisd.net.

These changes include:

• Hepatitis A Vaccine – Beginning August 1, 2009 all students entering kindergarten statewide will be required to have 2 doses of Hepatitis A vaccine.

• Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) Vaccine - Beginning August 1, 2009 all students entering kindergarten will be required to have 2 doses of Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) vaccine.

• Varicella Vaccine - Beginning August 1, 2009 all students entering kindergarten and 7^th grade will be required to have 2 doses of Varicella Vaccine. A written statement  from a parent or guardian, school nurse, or physician attesting to a child’s positive history of Varicella disease (chickenpox), or of a Varicella immunity, is acceptable in lieu of either dose of Varicella Vaccine.

• Tetanus, Diphtheria and Acellular Pertussis-Containing Vaccine (Tdap) – Beginning August 1, 2009 all students entering the seventh grade will be required to have one dose of Tdap vaccine. Students in the seventh grade will be required to have a booster dose of Tdap only if it has been five years since their last dose of a tetanus-containing vaccine. Students in grades 8-12 are required to have a booster dose of Tdap if it has been ten years since their previous dose of a tetanus-containing vaccine. Td is acceptable in lieu of Tdap if a contraindication to pertussis exists.

• Meningococcal Vaccine – Beginning August 1, 2009 all students entering seventh grade will be required to have one dose of meningococcal vaccine.