All students entering or attending school in NYS must be age-appropriately immunized.

·         Please refer to the 2024-2025 School Year New York State Immunization Requirements for School Entrance/Attendance form linked here for all vaccine requirements. 

·         Also available on the NYSDOH Immunization website in the following languages: Spanish, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, French, Haitian, Italian, Korean, Polish, Russian, Urdu, and Yiddish

Immunizations are due on the first day of school or students face school exclusion for noncompliance.  Kindergarten students must have all required immunizations even if they have not yet turned five years old.

If you do not have a health care provider or need help getting the immunizations, please visit the website for the Monroe County Immunization Program. 

The following immunizations have changes in requirements for the 2024-2025 school year:

Tdap vaccine requirements in the 2024-2025 school year are:

·         Students in grades 6 - 10 are required to have a dose no earlier than 10 years of age.

·         Students in grades 11 – 12 are required to have a dose no earlier than 7 years of age.

·         Students 11 years or older entering grades 6 -12 are required to have one dose of Tdap.

·         Students who are 10 years old in grade 6 and who have not yet received a Tdap vaccine are in compliance until they turn 11 years old.  

Meningococcal Conjugate vaccine requirements in the 2024-2025 school year are:

·         Students in grades 7 - 11 are required to have the first dose no earlier than 10 years of age.

·         Students in grade 12 are required to have the first dose no earlier than 6 weeks of age.

·         For students in grade 12, if the first dose of meningococcal conjugate vaccine was received at 16 years or older, the second (booster) dose is not required.

·         The second dose must have been received at 16 years or older. The minimum interval between doses is 8 weeks.

Schools can accept the following immunization records as proof of immunization:

·         A signed immunization record from your healthcare provider or health department.

·         An official copy of the immunization record sent directly from your student's previous school with the dates given.

·         A NYSIIS/NYCIR Immunization Registry record.

·         A blood test (titer) lab report showing a positive result for immunity to Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Hepatitis B.

·         A note from your healthcare provider verifying the student’s history of Chicken Pox (varicella).

You can now check your student’s immunization status on Campus Portal.  From the menu select:  More -> Health -> Immunizations.  School Nurses will input immunization records into Infinite Campus as they are received.  During summer months there may be a delay due to volume.  Please continue to check back in Infinite Campus for status updates.