State law requires that all children attending school must be fully immunized and have an Iowa Department of Public Health Certificate of Immunization on file at school by the first day of attendance. The immunization law has provided for religious and medical exemptions and for certain provisional certifications. Forms are available from your child’s healthcare provider or the school nurse for those situations. Please return completed forms to your child’s attendance center as soon as possible. Registration cannot be completed until the immunization form has been submitted. Iowa immunization law states that “students who do not provide a Certificate of Immunization, Provisional Certificate Immunization, or Certificate of Immunization Exemption to the school on the first day of school cannot attend.”
Required before first day of school:
Kindergarten
- Need up to date Iowa Certificate of Immunizations (or Iowa Immunization Exemption Certificate)
- Copy of current Physical
- Iowa Dental Screening Certificate (or Iowa Dental Exemption Certificate)
- Blood lead Screen
- Vision Exam (no later than 6 months after the start of the school year)
1st - 6th Grades: Send updated immunization records IF the student(s) have received vaccinations in the past year
7th Grade: Provide updated Iowa Certificate of Immunizations showing proof of Tdap and Meningococcal (A,C,W,Y) vaccines
9th Grade: Provide current Iowa Dental Screening Certificate (or Iowa Dental Exemption Certificate)
12th Grade: Provide updated Iowa Certificate of Immunizations showing proof of Meningococcal (A,C,W,Y) vaccine
