Immunization Information for Schools and Child Care

 

 

 

When groups of children come together the opportunity for disease to spread is increased. School and childcare staff play an important role in assuring safe and healthy futures for California youth by ensuring that all children in attendance are fully immunized.

Information for Parents

The California Department of Public Health requires schools to annually submit immunization information about kindergarten which identifies how many students are:

• Up-to-date with their immunizations
• Admitted "on condition" that the student will receive the still-needed vaccine doses as they become due in the future (Conditional Entrants)
• Exempt due to a personal and/or religious belief against vaccines (Personal Belief Exemption or PBE).

View immunization data for your child's school see below.

2009 Immunization Rate Data (Spreadsheet Format)New!

• Kindergarten Immunization Overview for Public and Private Schools
• Kindergarten Immunization Rates for Public Schools
• Kindergarten Immunization Rates for Private Schools

2008 Immunization Rate Data (GIS Map Format)New!

• Kindergarten Immunization Rates for Public Schools
• Kindergarten Immunization Rates for Private Schools
• Kindergarten Immunization Data for Conditional Entrants for Public Schools
• Kindergarten Immunization Data for Conditional Entrants for Private Schools

Letter Sent to all Parents of Children Attending a San Francisco School or Child CareNew!

A letter from the San Francisco Department of Public Health will be sent to all parents of children who attend a public or private school or child care establishment in San Francisco. This letter is to notify parents about the possibility of their child being required to stay home from school or child care if he/she is not up-to-date with his/her immunizations and there is a high risk of certain diseases, such as pertussis (whooping cough). You can download a copy of the letter below. Spanish and Chinese language versions will be posted soon.

• San Francisco Department of Public Health Pertussis Letter - Schools
• San Francisco Department of Public Health Pertussis Letter - Child Care 
• List of Immunizations Required for School Grades K-12  [English]  [Spanish]  [Chinese]
• List of Immunizations Required for Child Care  [English]  [Spanish]  [Chinese]

School Laws

• California State rules and regulations govern student entry into kindergarten through 12th grade.
• 7th grade students must have evidence of three hepatitis B vaccines and a second measles shot.
• As of July 2001, kindergarteners must have evidence of chickenpox vaccine. Alternatively, a physician's note confirming prior chickenpox disease is acceptable.
• Medical exemptions to immunizations exist to accommodate children who have a medical condition for which vaccinations are contraindicated. A note from the child's doctor will suffice.

• A parent philosophically opposed to vaccination has a right to notify the school administration of such belief by signing the back of the student's blue card in the personal beliefs section.

Child Care Laws

• Entry requirements govern family child care (in someone's home) and center-based childcare.
• As of July, 2001, evidence of chickenpox vaccine was required for entry into any child care facility. A doctor's note confirming prior chickenpox disease is also acceptable.
• Medical exemptions to immunizations exist to accommodate children who have a medical condition for which vaccinations are contraindicated. A note from the child's doctor will suffice.

• A parent philosophically opposed to vaccination also has a right to notify the child care administrator of such belief by signing the back of the child's blue card in the personal beliefs section.

Vaccine Materials

Order free blue cards and other immunization materials here.

San Francisco Immunization Programs for Children

• Vaccines for Children
• Perinatal Hepatitis B Program
• San Francisco Immunization Coalition