How CAIR Helps Schools                              and Child Care Facilities

Find out how CAIR2 can help your school or child care program. See an CAIR2 training videos or print out the CAIR2 Quick Guides to see how easy it is.

• CAIR Helps Schools and Child Care Facilities (PDF) Learn the benefits! 
• CAIR2 Training Videos and Quick Guides (Tip sheet for log-in, search, & printing of CAIR2 reports) 
  
• Sharing Student Shot Records with CAIR2 (PDF) To have your school immunization record system exchange data with CAIR, have your IT support review these steps and contact the CAIR2 Help Desk for more information. To evaluate your needs, a Data Exchange Specialist may be assigned to help you. 
• The Shots for School website provides information about CA child care/school immunization requirements and also includes a child care/school lookup to determine how well immunized your child’s school/child care is. 

School/Childcare Medical Exemption Page 

Starting January 1st 2021, parents wishing to obtain medical exemptions from school/childcare vaccination requirements for their children will need to request those exemptions at the link below. 

CAIR2 Medical Exemptions Page 

NEW School User Role in CAIR2! 

CAIR has developed a School User role that can assemble a list of students and determine whether students have received vaccines required for school entry.  For guidance on this functionality, see the CAIR2 School User Guide (PDF) or the School and Childcare User training video. 

Learn about CAIR and FERPA compliance 

• Forum Guide to the Privacy of Student Information (FERPA Law)(PDF) 
• CAIR School Consent Form (PDF)(also Spanish (PDF) and Chinese (Traditional) (PDF)) Use this form to consent to share your child’s school immunization record with CAIR. 
• The Impact of FERPA on the Sharing of Immunization Data (PDF) Gail Horlick, MSW, JD, Acting Privacy Rule Coordinator, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention