The Iowa Legislature added a mandatory Meningitis vaccine to the back to school list for 7th and 12th graders in Iowa last year. Thousands of eastern Iowa students return to the classroom in just a few weeks, but many won't be let into class this year unless they get one extremely important vaccine. This year, the Department of Public Health says if students don't have the vaccination, they can't go to class. Both Districts are trying to get the word out to parents and county Departments of Public Health are helping. The problem is local districts say about 50% of the 7th and 12th graders still need their shots.
Vaccine window will close faster: new school vaccine requirements
In the past, Pennsylvania gave families of students entering kindergarten up to eight months to get the child fully vaccinated. Also new this year is the requirement that students beginning school have four doses of polio vaccine and four doses of the vaccine called Tdap. The change takes effect in August, when most Pennsylvania schools begin the 2017-2018 school year. It mostly affects students entering kindergarten and 7th and 12th grades -- the points at which schools typically check to make sure students are up to date on vaccines. In Pennsylvania schools this year, a major due date will rear up almost immediately: students will have only five days to prove they have the state-required vaccines.collected by :Lucy William
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