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The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education has agreed to delay its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students until fall 2022.
This decision comes after more than 30,000 students were not vaccinated. According to officials, only 87% of L.A. Unified students 12 and older have shown proof of vaccination, obtained a medical exemption or received a rare extension.
Board member Jackie Goldberg issued a statement saying: "The delay was a sensible move, noting that taking teachers out of in-person classrooms so they can instruct the much smaller number of unvaccinated students in the state-mandated online independent study program penalizes all students with fewer instructors and larger class sizes."
"The science is clear: vaccinations protect us," Goldberg said. "This pandemic is not over, and LAUSD may delay the eligible student vaccination deadline but will uphold the requirement."