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HB377
I141WZZ-1
By Representative McClammy
RFD: Military and Veterans Affairs
First Read: 27-Feb-25
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First Read: 27-Feb-25
SYNOPSIS:
Existing law requires each pupil who is
otherwise entitled to admittance to kindergarten or
first grade, or any other entrance into an Alabama
public or private school, to present a certificate of
immunization or testing, commonly known as a Blue Card,
for the prevention of those communicable diseases
designated by the State Health Officer, unless exempted
by religious or medical reasons.
This bill would allow dependents of active duty
military personnel to substitute military medical
records as evidence of age-appropriate immunization and
testing instead of the Blue Card for presentation to a
public or private school authority.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Related to Education; to amend Section 16-30-4, Code of
Alabama 1975, to allow dependents of active duty military
personnel to substitute military medical records as evidence
of age-appropriate immunization and testing in place of the
Blue Card for presentation to a public or private school
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Blue Card for presentation to a public or private school
authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 16-30-4, Code of Alabama 1975, is
amended to read as follows:
"ยง16-30-4
(a)(1) The boards of education and the governing
authority of each private school shall require each pupil who
is otherwise entitled to admittance to kindergarten or first
grade, whichever is applicable, or any other entrance into an
Alabama public or private school, to present a certification
of immunization or testing , commonly known as a Blue Card, for
the prevention of those communicable diseases designated by
the State Health Officer, except as provided in Section
16-30-3. Provided, however, that any student presently
enrolled in a school in this state, not having been immunized
upon initial entrance to school, is hereby required to present
a certification of immunization as described in this section
upon commencement of the next school year.
(2) Dependents of active duty military personnel may
satisfy this requirement by the presentation of copies of
military medical records reflecting age-appropriate
immunizations and testing.
(b) Section 16-30-1 and this section shall apply only
to kindergarten through 12th grade and not to the institutions
of higher learning."
Section 2. This act shall become effective on July 1,
2025.
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