{"id":1121171,"date":"2021-12-15T10:44:22","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T15:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1121171"},"modified":"2021-12-15T10:44:24","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T15:44:24","slug":"los-angeles-schools-delay-vaccine-mandate-until-fall-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/los-angeles-schools-delay-vaccine-mandate-until-fall-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Schools Delay Vaccine Mandate Until Fall 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flos-angeles-schools-delay-vaccine-mandate-until-fall-2022%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1121171&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Los Angeles Unified School Board has announced it will delay its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students until fall 2022, citing concerns with tens of thousands of students who would have been banned from attending school in person.<\/p>\n<p>Interim Superintendent Megan Reilly revealed the plan on Friday, noting more than 28,000 students who had not yet complied in time for the spring semester, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-12-14\/lausd-student-covid-vaccinations-fall-2022?utm_id=44620&amp;sfmc_id=4509190\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">News Release: Due to High Vaccination Rates, District to Discuss Delaying Transfer of Students Not in Compliance with Vaccine Requirement to Online Instruction Until Fall 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MgDV655uyo\">https:\/\/t.co\/MgDV655uyo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Los Angeles Unified (@LASchools) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LASchools\/status\/1469352908617510916?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to the previous plan, students 12 years old and older would be required to shift to remote learning. The massive shift would have overwhelmed the district, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt like we were ending up with a situation in which those who complied would be the most negatively affected,\u201d school board member Jackie Goldberg told the Times. \u201cI think we have no choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new plan instead includes massive testing, including weekly testing of all students and staff during January.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLos Angeles Unified will also require baseline and weekly testing of all students and staff, regardless of vaccination status, through the month of January. Starting in February, only students without proof of vaccination will be required to test regularly,\u201d the district\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/achieve.lausd.net\/site\/default.aspx?PageType=3&amp;DomainID=4&amp;ModuleInstanceID=4466&amp;ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&amp;RenderLoc=0&amp;FlexDataID=114452&amp;PageID=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>The report also noted more than 86% of students 12 and older have already been vaccinated against COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLos Angeles Unified applauds the 86.52 percent of students aged 12 and older and their families who are in compliance with the vaccine mandate, and the many other families who are still in the process of adding their vaccine records to the system. This is a major milestone, and there\u2019s still more time to get vaccinated!\u201d the school announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-newsom-announces-nations-first-k-12-vax-mandate-for-public-and-private-schools\">announced<\/a> on October 1 that his state would be the first to require eligible students in private and public schools to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to be able to go to school in person. The mandate would go into effect once the vaccines have been approved fully, not merely granted emergency use authorization.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">According to KFI News in Los Angeles, \u201cThe governor is directing the California Department of Public Health to add the COVID vaccine to other vaccinations required for in-person learning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several school districts have pushed back on the statewide vaccine mandate for students. The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/california-group-plans-additional-rally-against-covid-mandates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><em>Last month, the \u201cHappy Valley Union School Board voted 3-1 to defy California\u2019s vaccine mandate for teachers and students,\u201d per&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/krcrtv.com\/news\/happy-valley-school-board-votes-to-defy-covid-vaccine-mandate-for-staff-students\">ABC 7 KRCR<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><em>\u201cSuperintendent Shelly Craig is the principal of Happy Valley Elementary School and said she did not have enough information to accurately answer questions about how defiance of the mandate will affect Happy Valley Schools, state funding, or how kids will be kept safe from COVID-19,\u201d the local outlet noted at the time.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><em>The district is not the only one in the state to push back against the governor\u2019s decision.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><em>As&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/california-school-district-votes-to-defy-states-vaccine-mandate\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;by The Daily Wire, the Board of Trustees of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/calaverasusd.com\/cms\/One.aspx?portalId=26784736&amp;pageId=27111193\">Calaveras Unified School District<\/a>&nbsp;voted 5-0 not to \u201csupport, enforce or comply with\u201d the mandate, which continues to be pending.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><em>\u201cThe board announced its decision to parents via&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/calaverasunified\/posts\/4611279012264432\">Facebook<\/a>. The vote applies to both students and staff. The board also moved to put the topics of mask mandates and testing protocols for COVID-19 on the agenda for the board\u2019s upcoming meeting on November 23,\u201d The Daily Wire noted.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is fighting Joe Biden\u2019s vaccine mandate in federal court. Join us in this fight by <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lp.dailywire.com\/osha-petition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signing<\/a> our petition to OSHA, telling them that you will not comply with this mandate.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Unified School Board has announced it will delay its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students until fall 2022, citing concerns with tens of thousands of students who would have been banned from attending school in person.Interim Superintendent Megan Reilly revealed the plan on Friday, noting more than 28,000 students who had not yet complied in time for the spring semester, according to the Los Angeles Times.News Release: Due to High Vaccination Rates, District to Discuss Delaying Transfer of Students Not in Compliance with Vaccine Requirement to Online Instruction Until Fall 2022 https:\/\/t.co\/MgDV655uyo\u2014 Los Angeles Unified (@LASchools) December 10, 2021According to the previous plan, students 12 years old and older would be required to shift to remote learning. The massive shift would have overwhelmed the district, according to the report.\u201cI felt like we were ending up with a situation in which those who complied would be the most negatively affected,\u201d school board member Jackie Goldberg told the Times. \u201cI think we have no choice.\u201dThe new plan instead includes massive testing, including weekly testing of all students and staff during January.\u201cLos Angeles Unified will also require baseline and weekly testing of all students and staff, regardless of vaccination status, through the month of January. Starting in February, only students without proof of vaccination will be required to test regularly,\u201d the district\u2019s report said.The report also noted more than 86% of students 12 and older have already been vaccinated against COVID-19.\u201cLos Angeles Unified applauds the 86.52 percent of students aged 12 and older and their families who are in compliance with the vaccine mandate, and the many other families who are still in the process of adding their vaccine records to the system. This is a major milestone, and there\u2019s still more time to get vaccinated!\u201d the school announced.Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on October 1 that his state would be the first to require eligible students in private and public schools to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to be able to go to school in person. The mandate would go into effect once the vaccines have been approved fully, not merely granted emergency use authorization.\u00a0According to KFI News in Los Angeles, \u201cThe governor is directing the California Department of Public Health to add the COVID vaccine to other vaccinations required for in-person learning.\u201dSeveral school districts have pushed back on the statewide vaccine mandate for students. The Daily Wire previously reported:Last month, the \u201cHappy Valley Union School Board voted 3-1 to defy California\u2019s vaccine mandate for teachers and students,\u201d per\u00a0ABC 7 KRCR.\u00a0\u201cSuperintendent Shelly Craig is the principal of Happy Valley Elementary School and said she did not have enough information to accurately answer questions about how defiance of the mandate will affect Happy Valley Schools, state funding, or how kids will be kept safe from COVID-19,\u201d the local outlet noted at the time.\u00a0The district is not the only one in the state to push back against the governor\u2019s decision.As\u00a0reported\u00a0by The Daily Wire, the Board of Trustees of the\u00a0Calaveras Unified School District\u00a0voted 5-0 not to \u201csupport, enforce or comply with\u201d the mandate, which continues to be pending.\u201cThe board announced its decision to parents via\u00a0Facebook. The vote applies to both students and staff. The board also moved to put the topics of mask mandates and testing protocols for COVID-19 on the agenda for the board\u2019s upcoming meeting on November 23,\u201d The Daily Wire noted.The Daily Wire is fighting Joe Biden\u2019s vaccine mandate in federal court. Join us in this fight by signing our petition to OSHA, telling them that you will not comply with this mandate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1121171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1121171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1121171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1121171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1121171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}