Seattle schools still working toward vaccine law compliance

Several months after a new state vaccine law went into effect, Seattle Public Schools says it is still working to identify how many students are out of compliance.

In May 2019 Washington state required all students to get the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, removing the personal or philosophical exemption. Now every school in the state is working to make sure that they comply with state law.

Every district is different and has their own timeline for tracking vaccination rates. To get a general idea of the progress we checked with Seattle Public Schools, because they are the largest in the state with 52,931 students, as well as Edmonds School District, which is a smaller district with 20,299 students.

At the end of October or early next month, Seattle Public Schools will determine which families need to be sent a letter telling them they need to update their student’s vaccinations. Toward the beginning of December, if a student is still not in compliance, they will be sent a “pre-exclusion” letter giving them 30 days to get their immunizations. That would mean that students have until they get back from winter break before they are excluded from school.

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