Is Your Child Vaccinated? Here are the 2016 Immunization Requirements for Wisconsin Schools

WISCONSIN -- It's almost time to send the kids back to school, but before you finish buying the backpacks and notebooks, there are a few even more important items on the checklist — getting up-to-date on your child's vaccinations.

Not only is it recommended, it's lawfully required in almost all cases.

The following are the minimum required immunizations for each age/grade level according to the Wisconsin Student Immunization Law.

Additional immunizations may be recommended for your child depending on his/her age. Please contact your doctor or local health department to determine if your child needs additional immunizations.

Grade/Age Number of Doses

Pre-K (ages 2 through 4 yrs)

4 doses of DTaP/DTP/DT1

D= diphtheria, T= tetanus, P= pertussis vaccine. DTaP/DTP/DT/Td vaccine for all students Pre-K through 12: Four doses are required. However, if a student received the 3rd dose after the 4th birthday, further doses are not required. Note: a dose four days or less before the 4th birthday is also acceptable

3 doses of Polio Vaccine

3 doses of Hepatitis B5

Laboratory evidence of immunity to hepatitis B is also acceptable.

1 dose of MMR

MMR is measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine. The first dose of MMR vaccine must have been received on or after the first birthday Note: a dose four days or less before the 1st birthday is also acceptable. Laboratory evidence of immunity to all three diseases (measles and mumps and rubella) is also acceptable

1 dose of Varicella

Varicella vaccine is chickenpox vaccine. A history of chickenpox disease or laboratory evidence of immunity to varicella is also acceptable.

5K Kindergarten through Grade 5

4 DTaP/DTP/DT/Td

D= diphtheria, T= tetanus, P= pertussis vaccine. DTaP/DTP/DT/Td vaccine for all students Pre-K through 12: Four doses are required. However, if a student received the 3rd dose after the 4th birthday, further doses are not required. Note: a dose four days or less before the 4th birthday is also acceptable

4 doses of Polio Vaccine

Polio vaccine for students entering grades 5K Kindergarten through 12: Four doses are required. However, if a student received the 3rd dose after the 4th birthday, further doses are not required. Note: a dose four days or less before the 4th birthday is also acceptable.

3 doses of Hepatitis B5

Laboratory evidence of immunity to hepatitis B is also acceptable.
2 doses of MMR - MMR is measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine. The first dose of MMR vaccine must have been received on or after the first birthday Note: a dose four days or less before the 1st birthday is also acceptable. Laboratory evidence of immunity to all three diseases (measles and mumps and rubella) is also acceptable

2 does of Varicella

Varicella vaccine is chickenpox vaccine. A history of chickenpox disease or laboratory evidence of immunity to varicella is also acceptable.

Grades 6 through 12

4 doses of DTaP/DTP/DT/Td1

D= diphtheria, T= tetanus, P= pertussis vaccine. DTaP/DTP/DT/Td vaccine for all students Pre-K through 12: Four doses are required. However, if a student received the 3rd dose after the 4th birthday, further doses are not required. Note: a dose four days or less before the 4th birthday is also acceptable

1 dose of Tdap

Tdap is adolescent tetanus, diphtheria and acellular pertussis vaccine. If a student received a dose of a tetanus-containing vaccine, such as
Td, within five years before entering the grade in which Tdap is required, the student is compliant and a dose of Tdap vaccine is not required.

4 doses of Polio vaccine

Polio vaccine for students entering grades 5K Kindergarten through 12: Four doses are required. However, if a student received the 3rd dose after the 4th birthday, further doses are not required. Note: a dose four days or less before the 4th birthday is also acceptable.

3 doses of Hepatitis B5

Laboratory evidence of immunity to hepatitis B is also acceptable.
2 does of MMR - MMR is measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine. The first dose of MMR vaccine must have been received on or after the first birthday Note: a dose four days or less before the 1st birthday is also acceptable. Laboratory evidence of immunity to all three diseases (measles and mumps and rubella) is also acceptable

2 doses of Varicella

Varicella vaccine is chickenpox vaccine. A history of chickenpox disease or laboratory evidence of immunity to varicella is also acceptable

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