Los Angeles school board to vote on student vaccine mandate

Proposal on whether a student should be fully vaccinated

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles board of education has scheduled a vote on whether to require all students 12 and older to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus to participate in on-campus instruction in the nation’s second-largest school district.

The proposal to be take up Thursday afternoon would be one of the most aggressive measures taken by a major U.S. school district to protect children from infections.

The Los Angeles Times reports that in interviews last week, a majority of board members said they either favored or were leaning toward requiring vaccinations.

The district enrolls more than 640,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade.