The following link will help clarify if your student meets the minimum requirements:

https://www.dshs.texas.gov/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=12884903552

Provisional Enrollment

All immunizations should be completed by the first date of attendance. The law requires that students be fully vaccinated against specified diseases. A student may be enrolled provisionally if the student has an immunization record that indicates the student has received at least one dose of each specified age-appropriate vaccine required by this rule. To remain enrolled, the student must complete the required subsequent doses in each vaccine series on schedule and as rapidly as is medically feasible and provide acceptable evidence of vaccination to the school. A school nurse or school administrator shall review the immunization status of a provisionally enrolled student every 30 days to ensure continued compliance in completing the required doses of vaccination. If, at the end of the 30-day period, a student has not received a subsequent dose of vaccine, the student is not in compliance and the school shall exclude the student from school attendance until the required dose is administered.  Provisional enrollment does not apply if a student has not had at least ONE shot in a required series (i.e. TDAP and Meningococcal A).

Exemptions

Texas law allows (a) physicians to write medical exemption statements that the vaccine(s) required would be medically harmful or injurious to the health and well-being of the child or household member, and (b) parents/guardians to choose an exemption from immunization requirements for reasons of conscience, including a religious belief. The law does not allow parents/guardians to elect an exemption simply because of inconvenience (for example, a record is lost or incomplete and it is too much trouble to go to a physician or clinic to correct the problem). Schools should maintain an up-to-date list of students with exemptions, so they may be excluded in times of emergency or epidemic declared by the commissioner of public health.

An exemption affidavit must be signed by parents/guardians choosing the exemption for reasons of conscience, including a religious belief.  To obtain an exemption, please follow the link below.    The original Exemption Affidavit must be completed, notarized and submitted to the school.  This process may take 5 to 10 business days.  Students without a valid exemption will be excluded from school until the exemption is provided to the home campus.  https://corequest.dshs.texas.gov/

For children claiming medical exemptions, a written statement by the physician must be submitted to the school. Unless it is written in the statement that a lifelong condition exists, the exemption statement is valid for only one year from the date signed by the physician.

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