SUSAN PRITCHARD, Ph.D.
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Dear La Habra Families and Community
IBreaking News: Student vaccine mandate legislation will not move forward
Sen. Richard Pan (D-Sacramento) has announced that Senate Bill 871, legislation that would have required students attending public or private school in person to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and removed the personal belief exemption for vaccines added to the required list for students by the California Department of Public Health regulatory process, will not be moving forward this year. CSBA took a neutral position on SB 871.
In a statement released this afternoon, Sen. Pan wrote, “Until children’s access to COVID vaccination is greatly improved, I believe that a state-wide policy to require COVID vaccination in schools is not the immediate priority, although it is an appropriate safety policy for many school districts in communities with good vaccine access.”