West Virginia’s GOP-controlled state Legislature has voted to allow some students who don’t attend traditional public schools to be exempt from state vaccination requirements
West Virginia's GOP-controlled state Legislature voted Saturday to allow some students who don't attend traditional public schools to be exempt from state vaccination requirements that have long been held up as among the strongest in the country. The bill was approved despite the objections of Senate Health and Human Resources Chair Mike Maroney, a Republican and a doctor, who called the bill “an embarrassment” and said he believed lawmakers were harming the state.
The bill stipulates parents can’t sue private schools and school owners, administrators, boards and staffers for deciding whether to allow exemptions or not, as long as the school provides families with a notice for parents to sign acknowledging the policy annually and upon enrollment. “I personally do not urge passage, but your health committee urged passage of this bill,” Maroney said before introducing the bill in the Senate.
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