LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Unified School District, one of the nation's largest school districts, has passed a vaccine mandate that requires all eligible students aged 12 and up be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to attend in-person classes.
The Board of Education passed the mandate during a special meeting Thursday afternoon. The mandate requires students age 12 and older who take part in in-person extracurricular programs to have a first vaccine dose by Oct.
3, and their second no later than Oct. 31.All other students aged 12 and up would be required to receive their first dose by Nov.
21, and their second by Dec. 19. Other students would have to receive their first dose no later than 30 days after their 12th birthday, and their.