Last year, California lawmakers passed AB 354, which requires all students entering grades seven through twelve to show proof that they received a pertussis booster shot by the first day of school. On July 25, 2011, Governor Brown signed SB 614 (Kehoe), which gives school districts an additional 30 days to verify that students have received the pertussis (whooping cough) booster shot.
SB 614 allows students extra time to get their pertussis booster shot, without losing valuable classroom time. It also ensures that school districts are not penalized financially for students who do not comply with the requirement within the first 30 days of the school year, since schools lose funding for every day a student does not attend class.
Meghan Covert Russell
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