Community Assessment 2020-2025

Sacramento Employment and Training Agency 2020-2025
IMMUNIZATION LEVELS
The following chart taken from Behealthysacramento.org shows the trends in immunizations
among Kindergarteners in Sacramento County.
96%
94%
92%
90%
88%
86%
84%
82%
80%
78%
94% 94%
93%
89%
86%
87%
84%
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
This significant increase is a direct result of SB277, passed into law on June 30, 2015, by Governor
Brown and in effect on July 1, 2016. With this new law, personal and religious belief exemptions
would no longer be allowed in California daycare, preschool, and K-12 schools. Education
for California public and private school children and daycare attendees are now dependent upon
receipt of multiple doses of 10 federally recommended and state-mandated vaccines regardless of
a parent’s personal belief or religious belief objections. (National Vaccine Information Center,
August 2015 post)
Against the backdrop of the rest of the United States, California
stands alone in the minority. Out of the 11 states that had bills filed
to remove either the personal belief/conscientious/philosophical or
religious exemptions during the 2015 legislative cycle (CA, MD,
ME, NC, OK, OR, PA, RI, TX, VT, and WA), California was the
only state where the legislature passed a bill leaving only the
medical exemption.
While Head Start has enjoyed historic success rates for
completing age-appropriate immunizations for children birth to
five, the passage of SB277 has significantly supported Head
Start’s efforts by strengthening its message to obtain the required
immunizations prior to entering kindergarten.
99% OF ENROLLED
HEAD START CHILDREN
ARE UP TO DATE ON
THEIR CHILDHOOD
IMMUNIZATIONS
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