Tdap Vaccine 2013-2014
Beginning with the 2013-2014 school year all students entering, advancing or transferring into the 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th grades will be required to show proof of receipt of one dose of Tdap vaccine (combined tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis) regardless of the interval since the last DTap, DT or TD dose.
Most students may have already received the vaccine and simply need to provide the school with verifying documentation from the family health care provider. Documentation accepted as complying with the requirement for students entering 9th through 12th grades for the 2013-14 school year includes the following information:
- Note or letter, signed by health care provider and identifying the vaccine (Tdap) and date (month, day, and year) administered.
- Print – out from provider’s electronic medical record system that identifies Tdap vaccinations(s) and date administered for student in question.
- Current Certificate of Child Health Examination, specifying Tdap and date (month, day, year) administered.
Again we are aware that your student may indeed have had this vaccine, but the health official that administered it did not specify that it was specifically the Tdap vaccine.
We will need the required documentation by September 15, 2013.
If you have questions please call the high school office at 217-357-2136.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.