Sen. Richard Pan said that “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 p…
The author of a bill that would require COVID-19 vaccination for students attending California schools has put it on hold, lifting at least for now a looming and controversial mandate that threatened to shut thousands of unvaccinated kids out of classrooms.
“Unfortunately, COVID vaccination rates, particularly among children, are currently insufficient, and the state needs to focus its effort on increasing access to COVID vaccinations for children,” Pan said in a statement. “Until children’s access to COVID vaccination is greatly improved, I believe that a statewide policy to require COVID vaccination in schools is not the immediate priority.