The Culver City Unified School District in California requires all eligible students to show COVID vaccination -A decision considered to be the first in the state.
COVID vaccination requirements also apply to everyone teacher In the school district, it comes as students return to face-to-face learning on Thursday.
The deadline for submitting vaccination certificates is November 19, Superintendent Quoc Tran said in a statement. Twitter announcement Will “give everyone the opportunity to develop their vaccine plan,” KTTVAccording to reports, Fox has a subsidiary in Los Angeles.
Currently, children 12 years and older are eligible for the COVID vaccine.
According to the California Department of Education Los Angeles Times, It is not aware of any other school districts in the state that require students to be vaccinated.
California has ordered teachers in California to be vaccinated or tested for COVID every week. However, according to the Los Angeles Times, some school districts mandate COVID vaccination without testing options.
Tran told the news media that the mandatory vaccination of students has been strongly supported by parents, teachers and staff.
“We feel that doing the least is not good enough. We can do more,” Tran said. “We are in a constantly crowded school environment. The vaccine helps our children or staff get the virus. They are less likely to be severely affected.”
In addition to the vaccination policy, the school district will also conduct COVID testing on faculty, staff and students every week, regardless of the vaccination status. The announcement stated that the school’s mask policy will also be extended to outdoor areas for students and faculty and staff.
Culver City Unified School District’s vaccination requirements follow School closed On the first day of school this week, COVID cases among students surged across the country, resulting in Thousands of children are quarantined.
The Culver City Unified School District consists of 7,100 K-12 students and approximately 900 employees.
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