West Virginia Starts Allowing Religious Exemptions to Mandated Vaccines

The state Board of Education acted on the same day a judge said it must allow religious exemptions.

A vaccine in West Virginia in an undated file photograph. Stephen Zenner/Getty Images

West Virginia’s Board of Education is now allowing students to opt out of vaccine requirements through religious exemptions, following a judicial order.

The board on Nov. 26 said it was suspending its policy on compulsory vaccination requirements in light of an order that day from West Virginia Circuit Judge Michael Froble.