LAUSD to Consider Delaying Enforcement of COVID Vaccine Mandate for Students

A child wears a face mask while attending an online class at a learning hub inside the Crenshaw Family YMCA during the Covid-19 pandemic in Los Angeles, Calif., on Feb. 17, 2021. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

LOS ANGELES—In a move that would prevent more than 30,000 students from being forced back to remote learning, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) board next week will consider delaying enforcement of its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students until fall 2022.

The district’s mandate currently requires all students aged 12 and up to have received their second dose of vaccine by Dec. 19. Students taking part in extracurricular programs were required to receive their second dose by Oct. 31.