School Vaccine Requirements and Exemptions
Alabama
Yes
No
Alaska
Yes
No
Arizona
Yes
Yes
Arkansas
Yes
Yes
California
No
No
Colorado
Yes
Yes
Connecticut
Yes
No
Delaware
Yes
No
Washington, DC
Yes
No
Florida
Yes
No
Georgia
Yes
No
Hawaii
Yes
No
Idaho
Yes
Yes
Illinois
Yes
No
Indiana
Yes
No
Iowa
Yes
No
Kansas
Yes
No
Kentucky
Yes
No
Louisiana
Yes
Yes
Maine
Yes
Yes
Maryland
Yes
No
Massachusetts
Yes
No
Michigan
Yes
Yes
Minnesota
Yes
Yes
Mississippi
No
No
Missouri
Yes
Yes
Montana
Yes
No
Nebraska
Yes
No
Nevada
Yes
No
New Hampshire
Yes
No
New Jersey
Yes
No
New Mexico
Yes
No
New York
Yes
No
North Carolina
Yes
No
North Dakota
Yes
Yes
Ohio
Yes
Yes
Oklahoma
Yes
Yes
Oregon
Yes
Yes
Pennsylvania
Yes
Yes
Rhode Island
Yes
No
South Carolina
Yes
No
South Dakota
Yes
No
Tennessee
Yes
No
Texas
Yes
Yes
Utah
Yes
Yes
Vermont
Yes
No
Virginia
Yes
No
Washington
Yes
Yes
West Virginia
No
No
Wisconsin
Yes
Yes
Wyoming
Yes
No
Religious Exemption indicates that there is a provision in the statute that allows parents to exempt their children from vaccination if it contradicts their sincere religious beliefs.
Philosophical Exemption indicates that the statutory language does not restrict the exemption to purely religious or spiritual beliefs. For example, Maine allows restrictions based on "moral, philosophical or other personal beliefs," and Minnesota allows objections based on “conscientiously held beliefs of the parent or guardian.”