All states require children to be vaccinated against certain communicable diseases as a condition for school attendance. In most instances, state school vaccination laws expressly apply to both public school as well as private schools with identical immunization and exemption provisions. All states establish vaccination requirements for children as a condition for day care attendance. These requirements also mirror the requirements for public school children and are often located in the same school vaccination provisions.
As it turns out, 2019 is a record year for measles outbreaks, with nearly 500 cases reported thus far in 19 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nevertheless, 47 states currently have exemptions available to those who claim that they oppose vaccination on religious grounds, and 17 states allow parents to invoke a “personal belief” exemption from otherwise mandatory vaccines for school-aged children, meaning that immunization essentially violates your parenting philosophy.
