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The Texas school age law asks nothing of a homeschool parent.It has no step to give notice, sign up or get shots.The shot rule starts when a child gets into a school, child care center or college.
You do. 1.Keep the shot record at home.2.A school team, child care or college may come up.When it does, get the exemption form signed in front of a notary.A notary is an official who watches you sign.
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
State conscience exemption form F11-11755 (a signed form called an "affidavit"). The state publishes the form. A notary has to witness it. It has to be written again every two years. Open the form
Source. codes.findlaw.com, texas.public.law, dshs.texas.gov
You do
The paper
The shot record from the doctor's office or the health department.
The state says
You do
The paper
Signed note from a doctor licensed in the United States. A doctor signs it. How long it lasts: One year, unless the doctor says the condition is life long.
Source. codes.findlaw.com
You do
Source. dshs.texas.gov, codes.findlaw.com
Taking part turns on the shot rule, and both exemptions apply: the shot record, notarized conscience form or doctor's note works.
Can my child play? See the full guideThe state says. A new college student under 22 must show a bacterial meningitis shot.The shot must be from the five years before the state deadline.That deadline is most often ten days before classes start.This does not cover students who only take classes online.A doctor's note excuses the shot.So does a conscience form.The student signs it in front of a notary.A parent may hand it in.
You do. Send the college the meningitis shot record.Or send the student's notarized conscience form.Send it at least ten days before the first class, or by the college's date.
Where. The college door in the Academic Planner
Source. codes.findlaw.com, dshs.texas.gov, texas.public.law
The state says. Licensed child care has its own shot law.It has two exemptions.One is a doctor's signed statement of significant risk.The other is a parent's conscience form.It covers religious belief too.Hand in the parent's form within 90 days of the notary date.The state uses one form for school, child care and college.
You do. 1.Sign the same form F11-11755 in front of a notary.2.Give it to the child care within 90 days of the notary date.
Source. codes.findlaw.com, dshs.texas.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 Texas's own law on October 19, 2026.
Everywhere in America
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.