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Immunization Requirement Information
Bandera, Texas
● August 14, 2009
Students with delinquent
immunizations will not be allowed to start school on
August 24, 2009. State law requires that medically
validated up-to-date records of immunizations be on file
for all students. Parents should prepare now to get the
necessary shots for their child and submit documentation
to the school office prior to August 24, 2009. A listing
of necessary immunizations can be found below.
Official documentation
of exemptions for either medical reasons or reasons of
conscience, including religious beliefs, must be
submitted to the school office prior to August 25, as
well. A minimum of two weeks should be allowed in order
to obtain an affidavit for exemption for reasons of
conscience from the Texas Department of State Health
Services.
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:
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Hepatitis A Vaccine
– Beginning August 1, 2009 all students entering
kindergarten statewide will be required to have 2
doses of Hepatitis A vaccine.
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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.
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Varicella Vaccine -
Beginning August 1, 2009 all students entering
kindergarten and 7th 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.
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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.
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Meningococcal
Vaccine – Beginning August 1, 2009 all students
entering seventh grade will be required to have one
dose of meningococcal vaccine.
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