State law requires all students in Texas schools to be immunized against certain vacine-preventable diseases to protect the health of both the children and the community.
Varicella Vaccine: All students entering seventh grade will be required to have two (2) doses of varicella vaccine. A written statement from a parent (or legal guardian or managing conservator), school nurse, or physician attesting to a child’s positive history of varicella disease (chickenpox), or of varicella immunity, is acceptable in lieu of a dose of varicella vaccine.
Tetanus, Diphtheria, and acellular pertussis-containing vaccine (Tdap): 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 grade eight is 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: All students entering seventh grade will be required to have one dose of meningococcal vaccine.
Click the Vaccine Requirements document, below, and download the English and Spanish version.
