QUINCY (WGEM) - The Adams County Health Department (ACHD) is reminding parents about the Oct. 15 deadline to get their students their required school vaccines.

ACHD Director of Nursing Emily Hendrickson said if students don’t have their required vaccines by the deadline they will have to leave school.

“So, exclusion day, if you have not vaccinated then you cannot go to school anymore, so after Oct. 15, that’s that deadline for all the schools within the state of Illinois, you have to have it or you can’t go back to school,” Hendrickson said.

She said once students get their vaccine, they will be able to go back to school.

One required vaccine is the Meningococcal ACWY vaccine, which is required for sixth grade students. The booster is required for 12th grade students. Hendrickson said

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