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Texas Supreme Court Puts Vaccine Mandate on Hold in San Antonio School District

By Mimi Nguyen Ly

The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday put a temporary hold on San Antonio School District’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate hours before it was set to take effect.

The San Antonio Independent School District mandated that all its employees be vaccinated for COVID-19 by Oct. 15. The mandate, issued on Aug. 16 by then-Superintendent Pedro Martinez, directly challenged Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order initially issued in April that bans COVID-19 vaccine mandates by state-funded entities.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the school district over the order on Aug. 19.

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