LAUSD to Send Legal Aid to San Diego Unified for COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Appeal

A student shows her negative COVID-19 test result from her cellphone for entry to Olive Vista Middle School on the first day back in Sylmar, Calif., on January 11, 2022. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is offering legal aid to the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) in its appeal of a ruling that struck down its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students.

The LAUSD Board of Education authorized on Jan. 25 its legal team to aid SDUSD in their legal appeal whose outcome could set a precedent for school districts and vaccine mandates in the state.