The vote ends a long-running debate over whether students need to get vaccinated or be barred from school.
Families line up outside on the first day of classes at School-Within-School at Goding in the District in August 2022. The D.C. Council voted Tuesday to repeal its coronavirus vaccine mandate for the city’s schoolchildren, a measure that was controversial when it passed in 2021 and was never enforced.
Fast, informative and written just for locals. Get The 7 DMV newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning.. Some opponents shared concerns about racial equity — vaccination rates among Black children lagged behind their White peers, which threatened the possibility of barring a disproportionate number of Black kids from school.Members reversed the measure unanimously and without any debate.
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