All Kansas students are required to show proof of vaccination, or exemption when enrolling in school. The state of Kansas requires all students to receive 10 mandatory vaccines that remain updated to enroll in school. The 10 shots are tetanus, Tdap, polio, measles, hepatitis B, hepatitis A, chicken pox, Haemophilus influenzae, pneumococcal conjugate, and meningitis. 

If you choose to not get vaccinated you must be able to present a form of exemption. According to Kansas’s Division of Public Health, the two types of exemption in Kansas are religious and medical. To receive a religious exemption a student would have to get a religious leader to sign off on it. Along with a short explanation of how it conflicted with said religion. If a person were to have to have a philosophical reason for not wanting the vaccine they would have to follow a similar process as that of getting a religious exemption. 

To receive a medical exemption the person would have to have a legit medical issue signed by a doctor. Such as an allergy to something in the shot, or an interfering disease. 

However, Kansas schools are allowed to break the exemption contract of students if there is a reported outbreak in the student’s school. When this happens the student has the option to receive the vaccine for the present disease and return to school, or quarantine themselves from school and activities. 

Students who do participate in vaccination are required to stay up to date on receiving vaccines from kindergarten through high school. If a student does not receive the required vaccines they will be notified and reminded to get their vaccine or get an exemption. If they do not get their vaccine promptly, schools have the right to start withholding students from participating in their activities and attending class.