Must California’s Special Ed Students Be Vaccinated? State Won’t Say

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Senate Bill 277 makes California one of three states to permit exemptions to school vaccinations only for medical reasons. Photo by Jeremy Raff/KQED

By Jane Meredith Adams, EdSource/KQED News Fix

Let the courts decide.

That appears to be the stance of the California Department of Education as state regulators have so far declined to answer pleas from school districts to clarify what California’s new vaccination law means for the 700,000 students who receive special education services.

Read the complete story at EdSource/KQED News Fix.

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