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Lamar Institute of Technology is currently registering students for its Spring 2012 semester.

Students must be admitted to LIT before they can register for classes. The class schedule is currently available on LIT’s Web site, http://www.lit.edu, or on campus.

Beginning with the Spring 2012 semester, all new and transfer college students under the age of 30 must provide proof of bacterial meningitis vaccination 10 days before the start of the semester.

The Spring 2012 semester begins on Jan. 17, 2012, so students must be vaccinated by Jan. 7 in order to attend classes for the Spring semester.

Students may file an affidavit or a certificate signed by a licensed physician stating that the physician believes that the required vaccination would be injurious to the health and well-being of the student.

Students may also request an affidavit form from the Texas Department of State Health Services at http://webds.dshs.state.tx.us/immco/affidavit.shtm where they may state that they decline the vaccination for reasons of conscience.