Los Angeles schools would not require children to be vaccinated against the coronavirus until next fall under a proposal announced on Friday, the latest in a series of delays in implementing vaccine mandates in public education in California.
The new policy would scupper the current plan to implement the Los Angeles Unified School District's strict mandate in January. It would make the state's largest school district the latest of several, including the school districts of Oakland and San Diego, to postpone the vaccine requirements for children old enough to receive the shots.
Interim Los Angeles Superintendent Megan K. Reilly couched the move as an example of the vaccination program's success, saying that nearly 87% students age 12 and older were in compliance with the policy. The extension would give others an opportunity to also become inoculated, she said."This is a major milestone, and there's still more time to get vaccinated," she said.
California school districts are delaying their vaccination requirements at a time when infections and fatalities are rising anew in many places around the country andThe increasing number of cases in part reflects the advent of colder weather, which has led to more indoor activity. The spread of the
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