Vaccination Deadline Looms for Students, Parents
The Pa. Department of Health says time is running out for parents to comply with vaccination requirements.
Parents are running out of time to comply with new school immunization requirements, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. When the school year began, families were given eight months to bring students up to date with their vaccinations. On April 27, the department announced a two-week grace period. Final deadlines vary based on when each district began its school year. The health department estimates that the grace period will end in most districts within the next week. For example: New immunization regulations that took effect last August require: While the department established the new regulations, enforcement is left to individual school districts. School districts maintain the right to exclude students from school if …
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Kristi Rowe
6:46 pm on Monday, January 16, 2012
Sadly many parents just dont' want to research. Lazy parenting. It's easier to just turn their kids over to another with the excuse "Hey, I didn't go to med school, I can't possibly know more than they do." WRONG. My nephew will graduate med school soon and I talked with him at length about vaccinations over the holidays. They are taught almost nothing about them except "they're safe". Those of … more ›