To be eligible to enter Kindergarten a child shall be 5 years of age on or before September 30th of the entering year. The school must be provided with a copy of the child’s birth certificate, a record of completed immunizations or a medically verified plan for completion, or a medical or religious exemption, and record of a physical exam by a medical doctor.
According to RSA 22-38, the minimum requirements for children entering school are the following:
- 4 Doses DPT or TD
- 4 Doses Polio
- 1 Dose Measles (administered after 12 months and with live vaccine.)
- 1 Dose Mumps
- 1 Dose Rubella
- Hepatitis B Vaccine (if born after January 1, 1993)
Children not in compliance with these requirements must be excluded from school, unless documentation of medical or religious exemption is provided.