A plan to mandate COVID-19 vaccine shots for hundreds of thousands of students in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) will remain on pause after a Los Angeles County judge ruled on July 5 that the district lacks the authority to do so, citing a parent’s lawsuit.
The lawsuit
- The suing parent, identified as G.F., argued that it is unfair and unlawful for the child to lose his hard-earned place at a competitive school just because he and his parent have chosen to not get vaccinated on the basis of personal beliefs.
- Beckloff, who wrote in a tentative opinion that he might dismiss the case, agreed with the father, acknowledging that if D.F. refuses to comply with the mandate, he will be forced to accept a very different education.
The judge also noted that the LAUSD mandate is in conflict with California's public health law, which allows personal beliefs-based vaccination exemptions.
- The decision doesn't have an immediate impact on LAUSD since the mandate has already been placed on hold after California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced in April that the state would wait for the federal government to give full approval to the COVID-19 vaccine.
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