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Los Angeles Public Schools To Implement Vax Mandate For Hundreds Of Thousands Of Eligible Students

Interim superintendent estimates 225,000 students fall under the new requirement.

Jeffrey Cawood
Los Angeles Public Schools To Implement Vax Mandate For Hundreds Of Thousands Of Eligible Students
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During a special meeting on Thursday that was called with just one-day notice, the Los Angeles Board of Education voted 6-0 to require mandatory vaccinations for hundreds of thousands of eligible students enrolled in America’s second-largest public school district.

The Los Angeles Times reported, “All children 12 and older in Los Angeles public schools must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by January to enter campus,” adding that the new policy is “the first such mandate among the nation’s largest school systems and a decision that triggered immediate pushback.”

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