Obtain a record of immunizations to date from your student’s physician or previous school. By California State law, a child may not be admitted to school without proof of current immunizations. For more information about which immunizations are required for school, please refer to the Parents' Guide to Immunizations Required for School Entry or Guia Para Padres Sobre Los Requistos de Vacunation Para Entrar a la Escuela.

• To prevent some of the most serious infections, the California School Immunization Law requires that children receive a series of immunizations before entry to school. In addition, schools are required to enforce immunization requirements, to maintain immunization records of all children enrolled, and to submit reports to the health department.

• More information: Here are the immunization requirements for grades K-12.

• Under the new law SB 277, beginning January 1, 2016 exemptions based on personal beliefs are no longer accepted for vaccines that are required for entry into schools in California. Personal beliefs exemptions on file for a child already attending a California school will remain valid until the child reaches the next grade span (entering transitional kindergarten/kindergarten or advancing from 6th to 7th grade).

• Information about medical exemptions for vaccines can be found at https://cair-me.cdph.ca.gov/home>.

• Students entering 7th grade are required to show proof of Tdap booster and second Varicella (chickenpox).
• Parents/guardians are encouraged to submit documentation that this requirement has been met as soon as possible during the 6th grade year.

• Immunization Laws SB 276 and SB 714 Questions and Answers
• Immunization Law SB 277

Required ONLY if your family is moving to Larkspur-Corte Madera School District from countries in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe, or the Pacific Islands. Written proof of a negative test result is required before the child can start school.