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DC Schools Extend Deadline of COVID Vaccine Mandate, as Judge Overturns DC Government Worker Mandate

By Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D.

 

In a significant about-face, government officials in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 26 postponed a policy that would have required proof of vaccination for COVID-19 for all students age 12 and over for the new school year.

In a significant about-face, government officials in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 26 postponed a policy that would have required proof of vaccination for COVID-19 for all students age 12 and over for the new school year — just days after announcing the policy.

This announcement comes on the face of a related development, just one day prior, when a D.C. Superior Court judge struck down the district’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for government workers. The policy had been challenged by the D.C. Police Union earlier in the year.

DC school vaccine mandate postponed to January after concerns raised

In an Aug. 26 letter to school officials in the district, Deputy Mayor for Education Paul Kihn introduced a “staggered” approach for the implementation and enforcement of the district’s school vaccine mandate.

Under the new policy, students 12 and older now have a Jan. 3, 2023, deadline to receive the two-dose primary series of COVID-19 vaccines, after which they would face expulsion.

 

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