The nation’s second largest school district will require all eligible students to show vaccination proof by January 10.
The Los Angeles Board of Education voted Thursday to require coronavirus vaccinations for eligible students in order to attend in-person classes, making it the first major school district in the U.S. to mandate the vaccine, and setting a precedent for other school districts in the nation to possibly do the same.... [+]
Students who are 11 years old and will become eligible to receive a coronavirus vaccination during the school year will need to get their first shot within 30 days of their 12th birthday and their second within eight weeks. Students can receive a medical or religious exemption.
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