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News:

Assembly Bill No. 659, the Cancer Prevention Act requires schools to notify families of 6^th graders about human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination recommendations. Schools can use this Template Letter to Parents and supplemental Robocall Script to assist in implementation of the Cancer Prevention Act. See changes to the Health and Safety Code and Education Code for more information.
2023–2024 Audits: Annual financial and compliance audits of public schools will include an immunization component for schools with kindergarten or 7th grade.

Tools for Schools

Guides to Requirements

Implementation

California School Immunization Record–CSIR/Blue Card/CDPH 286 (PDF)
Letter to Parents: Immunizations Needed (PDF) | Spanish (PDF)
No Shots? No Records? No School. Poster (PDF)| Spanish (PDF)
Vaccine Catch-up for Age 7+ Years (PDF)
Free online training
More Tools

 School and Child Care Roster Lookup (SCRL) Tool

COVID-19 Vaccination

My Turn, a vaccination clinic management system, is available for use in schools to support COVID-19 and flu vaccine clinics (PDF).

Laws

Medical Exemptions

Exemptions FAQs (updated 3/9/2021)

Regulations

2019 Changes: FAQs | Text (PDF)
School Immunization Law

How Is Your School Doing?

California map with 4 pencils on it in 4 locations

Child Care | Kindergarten | 7th Grade
(Child Care and 7th Grade maps for
2021–22 will be updated this summer.)

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