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What are the school attendance rules for children not fully vaccinated in NYC?

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Children in New York City must start their vaccine series to attend school but are not excluded if they are in the process of completing it.

Children attending school must receive the required vaccines but are not excluded if they have begun the vaccination process.
The vaccination series may take months to complete, but starting the process ensures the child can attend school.
Children coming from out of state or living in temporary shelters must start their vaccine series within 90 days of enrollment.

Francisco P. Moya

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So what are the current rules for school attendance for children that may not receive the full series of required vaccinations?

Dr. Celia Quinn

0:29:42

Sure.

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So ultimately, children that attend school in New York City have to receive the required vaccines.

0:29:48

Children don't need to be excluded from school once they are if they're started their process of getting the whole vaccine series.

0:29:56

So like I mentioned, the vaccines might require months to get caught up on the catch up schedule.

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Once that process is started, the child is no longer executable from school.

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It's also important to know that children who arrive in New York City from out of state anywhere out of state or and are in temporary shelter, they have to have started that vaccine series within 90 days of enrollment.

Francisco P. Moya

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Got it.

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