Judge Sides With Parent, Strikes Down Los Angeles School Vaccine Mandate

Judge Sides With Parent, Strikes Down Los Angeles School Vaccine Mandate
A nurse administers a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine to a girl at a clinic in Los Angeles on Jan. 19, 2022. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images
Bill Pan
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A plan to mandate COVID-19 vaccine shots for hundreds of thousands of students in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) will remain on pause after a Los Angeles County judge ruled on July 5 that the district lacks the authority to do so.

In his ruling, Judge Mitchell Beckloff of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County sided with a parent, whose 12-year-old son attends a public magnet school in North Hollywood. The parent filed the complaint in October 2021, about a month after the LAUSD announced its vaccination mandate.