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General School Information

Colorado Department of Education
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Denver, Colorado 80203-1799
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TRANSFERING STUDENTS:

Students enrolling for the first time will be required to submit birth certificates, Social Security numbers, up-to-date immunization records and proof of residency at the time of enrollment.

Secondary students should bring their latest report card when meeting with counselors for scheduling of classes. Elementary pupils who attended schools in other districts last year should submit their last report card from the school they last attended. The report card will be returned to the student after it has been reviewed.

Students transferring from one middle or senior high school to another are requested to call the school they will attend and arrange to register. Failure to do so may delay enrollment.

IMMUNIZATIONS:
State law requires school districts to show proof that every student has had their immunization shots or is exempt from required immunization or they will not be permitted to attend. Doctor's certificate immunization history is required before enrollment of the child. If the shot record is not up to date, the student has 14 days to get the required immunizations or provide proof of complete immunization after enrollment.

What immunizations are required?

The following are the immunization requirements as per the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

Preschool
DtaP 4 doses
Polio 3
MMR 1
Hib 3 or 2 or 1 ^ Number of doses depends upon when doses are received
Hepatitis B 3
Varicella 1 - Or history of disease

Kindergarten through Grade 4
DtaP 5 * doses
Polio 4 *
MMR 2
Hepatitis B 3
Varicella 1 - Or history of disease

Grades 5 and 6
DtaP 4 + doses
Polio 3+
MMR 1
Hepatitis B 3

Grades 7 through 12
DtaP 4 + doses
Polio 3 + doses
MMR 2
Hepatitis B 3

* If the fourth dose of DtaP and the third dose of polio were given after the fourth birthday, only four DTaP and three Polio are required.

+ Requirements for students who have been in a Colorado school prior to July 1, 2000. There may be a few exceptions with students having fewer doses. Check footnotes on the Certificate of Immunization for students new to the Colorado school system after 7/1/2000.

*Check the footnotes on the Certificate of Immunization for additional information.

Parents may sign an exemption based on religious, medical or personal reasons.

Click here to download exemption forms and other materials from the Colorado Department of Public Heath and Environment.

School Nursing and Health Programs

Note to parents of transferring students: Colorado is a "local control" state, which means local rules and policy apply in the placement of a child moving into a Colorado district. Generally, local districts either accept the grade level of the transferring student or carry out testing of the student to place them in the appropriate grade level. Districts also have the right to apply their own cut-off dates to kindergarten age children and their own credit requirements to transferring high school students. U.S. Department of Education