Immunization Requirements

To protect students from diseases that are preventable by immunization, Wisconsin law requires all students to show that they have received the required immunizations or have a signed waiver. This page includes information about the law and materials that schools, day cares, and public health agencies use to implement the law.

School Requirements, 2017-2018 School Year

Instructions for Schools

• Full booklet: Wisconsin School Immunization Requirements, 2017-2018 School Year
• Letter to schools
• Timeline and flowchart of actions required by schools
• Immunization law clarification

• Immunization requirements | Spanish  | Hmong | Somali

Forms, Reports, and Letters

• Student Immunization Record - Spanish | Hmong | Somali
• Legal Notice - Spanish | Hmong | Somali
• Notice of Exclusion - Spanish | Hmong | Somali
• School Report to the Local Health Department
  • Local Health Department contact information
  • Search for your school's DPI LEA code and school code: public school, by district | public schools | private schools
• Noncompliance Roster
• School Report to District Attorney [for schools not subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)]
• 90th Day Letter - for students "in process" - Spanish | Hmong | Somali
• 90th Day Letter - for students who are not compliant - Spanish | Hmong | Somali

Compliance Results from Previous School Year

• Student immunization law compliance results, 2016-2017 school year
  • Public school district student immunization law compliance results, 2016-2017 school year
  • Private school student immunization law compliance results, 2016-2017 school year

Educational Materials for Parents

• Tdap fact sheet for parents | Spanish | Hmong | Somali
• Vaccines recommended at ages 11-12: What parents should know | Spanish | Hmong | Somali

Day Care Requirements

• Day care immunization assessment booklet, 2016-2017
• Day care - Immunization record 
• Day care- Immunization record - Spanish
• Day care assessment results, 2015-2016

Additional Resources

• Chapter DHS 144 - Immunization of students
• Wisconsin Statute 252.04
• History of Wisconsin's student immunization law
• College students and meningococcal disease
• Authorization to receive Tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap), Varicella, Meningococcal Conjugate (MCV4) or Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccines | Spanish | Hmong
• School based clinic consent - Tdap only | Spanish | Hmong
• School based clinic consent - Tdap/Varicella | Spanish | Hmong

Contacts

• Wisconsin local health departments - Regional offices - Tribal agencies
• Wisconsin immunization program staff