The end of the state's Covid-19 state of emergency this month effectively ends plans to require kids to be vaccinated against the virus.
Districts that defy California vaccine mandates, set to begin in July, could face fines, lose liability insurance coverage and some state funding.
Children 5 and older are now eligible to get a Covid-19 vaccination, but widespread misinformation about it has left parents with questions.
California’s school vaccine mandate is moving closer to reality with the imminent approval of the Covid-19 vaccine for kids, but many are confused.
State health officials said parents likely were afraid to take their children to medical offices during the pandemic.
The bill would allow the state to review a medical exemption if a child attends a school with an immunization rate of less than 95 percent.
This week: We take a look at some of the key issues that California lawmakers will take up next week when they end their summer vacation.
Sen. Richard Pan is proposing a bill to curb medical exemptions for vaccinations of public school students.
SB 328, by Sen. Anthony Portantino, D-Cañada Flintridge, would require all middle and high schools to start no earlier than 8:30 a.m.
