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The Trump-Vance Administration is trying to

Endanger Public Health By Targeting School Vaccine Requirements

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https://democracy2025.org/response-center/eo-14214

What we know

This order conditions federal funding on ending school-based COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

Formal Name

Keeping Education Accessible and Ending Covid-19 Vaccine Mandates in Schools

Status
Pending Analysis
Formal Identifier

EO 14214

February 15, 2025

Anticipated Impact

This order directs the Secretary of Education to create guidelines for all schools, educational agencies, and universities to end COVID-19 vaccination requirements for in-person education. This will likely only apply to a very small number of schools and universities, because most schools that have a COVID-19 vaccine mandate apply it only to staff and not to students. But it will endanger populations most vulnerable to COVID-19 and its documented possible complications, such as students, teachers, and the people in their communities with underlying medical conditions. This also encourages anti-vaccine movements endangering public health writ large and potentially lays the groundwork for broader assaults on school vaccine mandates.

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