An empty box in this table indicates a “NO” answer
Jurisdiction
SCHOOL
Requirement?
Requirement by age or grade(s)
Year first implemented
Historical note
Alabama
yes
Gr 6–12
2010
Alaska
yes
required 10 years after most recent tetanus-diphtheria-containing vaccine
2009
Arizona
yes
Age 11 or older
2008
Arkansas
yes
Age 11 or older
2014
California
yes
Gr 7
2011
Colorado
yes
Gr 6–12
2007
Connecticut
yes
Gr 7
2011
Delaware
yes
Gr 9–12
2016
District of Columbia
yes
Gr 6–12
2008
Florida
yes
Gr 7–12
2009
Georgia
yes
Gr 7–12
2014
Gr 7: born on/after 1/1/2002
Gr 8–12: new entrants
Hawaii
yes
Gr 7–12
2020
Gr 7: all
Gr 8–12: new entrants
Idaho
yes
Gr 7–12
2011
Illinois
yes
Gr 6–12
2012
Indiana
yes
Gr 6–12
2010
Iowa
yes
Gr 7–12
2013
2024: requirement to be born on/after 9/15/2000 removed
Kansas
yes
Gr 7
2009
Kentucky
yes
Gr 6
2011
Louisiana
yes
Gr 6–12
2009
Maine
yes
Gr 7
2017
Maryland
yes
Gr 7–12
2014
Massachusetts
yes
Gr 7–12
2011
Michigan
yes
Gr 7; transfer students up to date age 7–18
2010
Minnesota
yes
Gr 7–12
2014
Mississippi
yes
Gr 7
2012
Missouri
yes
Gr 8–12
2010
Montana
yes
Gr 7–12
2015
Nebraska
yes
Gr 7
2010
Nevada
yes
Gr 7
2008
New Hampshire
yes
Age 11
2009
New Jersey
yes
Gr 6–12 if age 11 or older
2008
New Mexico
yes
Gr 7–12
2007
New York
yes
Gr 6–12
2007
North Carolina
yes
Gr 7 or age 12 (whichever is 1st)
2015
North Dakota
yes
Gr 7–12
2014
Ohio
yes
Gr 7–12
2012
Oklahoma
yes
Gr 7–12
2011
Oregon
yes
Gr 7–12
2008
Pennsylvania
yes
Gr 7
2011
Rhode Island
yes
Gr 7
2009
South Carolina
yes
Gr 7
2013
South Dakota
yes
Gr 6
2016
Tennessee
yes
Gr 7
2010
Texas
yes
Gr 7
2009
Utah
yes
Gr 7
2007
Vermont
yes
Gr 7
2008
Virginia
yes
Gr 7
2006
Washington
yes
Gr 7–12
2007
2020: changed from Gr 6–12 to Gr 7–12
West Virginia
yes
Gr 7, 12
2012
Wisconsin
yes
Gr 7
2023
Wyoming
yes
Gr 7
2010
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