Kindergarten

Most were non-medical, representing 7.2% of Oklahoma kindergartners. That’s about a 33% increase from the previous year.

Oklahoma’s vaccine exemption rates among kindergartners have risen from 4.7% in the 2022-2023 school year to 5.7% the following year.

Oklahoma had the third-highest increase in vaccine exemption rates among kindergartners in the nation, according to the CDC.

A controversial proposal in the Oklahoma state legislature would delay the age kids would be eligible to start kindergarten and put Oklahoma on-trend with…