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Illinois homeschool rules ask only that certain subjects be taught.Those rules say nothing about shots.The school shot law names public, private and parochial schools.The state school board adds one line in its shot training.A homeschooled child may take classes or programs at a school.That child must follow the school rules.
Unverified. The school shot law itself would not open online. This line rests on the state's own rules for that law and the state school board's shot training.
You do. 1.Keep the shot record at home.
Where. Keep the records
Source. isbe.net, dph.illinois.gov
The law allows each choice below. Read what each one covers.
An exemption is a paper that says a shot rule does not apply to this person.
The state says
You do
The paper
Illinois Certificate of Religious Exemption to Required Immunizations and/or Examinations. The state publishes the form. How long it lasts: A new form before kindergarten, sixth grade and ninth grade; a new school must accept a valid form already in the child's record. Open the form
Source. dph.illinois.gov, isbe.net
You do
The paper
The shot record from the doctor's office or the health department.
The state says
You do
The paper
Medical exemption marked and signed on the Certificate of Child Health Examination. A doctor signs it. It does not expire.
Source.
You do
Source. isbe.net, dph.illinois.gov
Playing means enrolling at that school, which turns on the shot rule; bring the shot record or the medical or religious exemption form.
Can my child play? See the full guideThe state says. Illinois has a college shot law.It does not cover junior or community colleges.It does not cover a college without its own dorms.It does not cover students enrolled less than half time.So dual credit at a community college is outside it.Where it applies, a signed religious objection means no shot proof is needed.The student, or a parent or guardian, may sign it.A fully licensed physician's note that a shot is unsafe also works.
You do. Before the first college class, ask that college what shot proof it wants.If it asks, give it the shot record.Or give it the signed religious objection or the physician's note.
Where. The college door in the Academic Planner
Source. ilga.gov
The state says. Licensed day care has its own shot rule.The child's medical report must show the shots the state requires.For a religious reason, the state health rule says to use the state Certificate of Religious Exemption.You sign it, and the day care keeps it in your child's health record.A medical exception is marked by the physician on the child's medical form.A preschool inside a public or private school uses the school form too.
You do. 1.Print the state Certificate of Religious Exemption.2.Write your religious belief for each shot. Sign it, and have your child's health care provider sign it.3.Give it to the day care director to keep in your child's health record.
Source. ilga.gov, dph.illinois.gov
The state says. The immunization record for each person, or the written exemption, belongs in the same folder as the rest of the school records.
You do. Keep the record, or the exemption, with everything else the state asks you to keep.
Where. Keep the records
Checked against Illinois's own law on October 20, 2026.
Unverified. Illinois's own statute site would not load the school shot law this pass, so those lines rest on the state school board's training and the state health department's form, which quotes the law.
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Where a shot record actually gets asked for, and where it does not.
Before any shot, what federal law already gives you
This is a summary of public law, not legal advice. Requirements change, so always check your state's own page before you rely on it.