A federal lawsuit challenging San Diego’s mandate requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for students as discriminatory is poised to be formally dismissed after the Supreme Court of California struck it down last month. The San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) was one of the few in the United States that required students to receive the vaccine for…
Group Withdraws Federal Suit Challenging San Diego’s No Exemption Student Vaccination Mandate
San Diego Unified Sees Threefold Spike in Chronically Absent Students
The San Diego Unified School District has seen a threefold spike in chronically absent students from pre- to post-pandemic, according to state data. The number tripled from 12.4 percent in 2019 to 36.7 percent in 2022, according to the California School Dashboard, a database by the state Education Department. Students are considered chronically absent when…
San Diego COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate for Students Illegal, State Appeals Court Rules
A lower court’s ruling striking down San Diego’s mandate requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for students will remain in effect after a California appeals court slapped down an appeal Nov. 22 lodged by the second-largest local school district in the state. San Diego’s school district decided earlier this year to delay the mandate until at least mid-2023….
San Diego Unified School District Returns to Indoor Masking
SAN DIEGO—The San Diego Unified School District is requiring indoor masking starting July 18, a result of San Diego County entering the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) high COVID-19 transmission level last week. The school district made the announcement on Friday and will apply to students, teachers, and staff attending summer school and…
Under Legal Pressure, San Diego Schools Delay Vaccine Mandate With No Religious Exemptions
The San Diego Unified School District decided on May 24 to postpone for a second time its policy requiring students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as opponents press forward with a federal lawsuit against the district. Paul Jonna, Thomas More Society Special Counsel and partner at LiMandri and Jonna LLP, hailed the decision to delay…
San Diego Unified Plans to Reinstate Mask Mandates
SAN DIEGO—With increases in COVID-19 cases in schools and communities, the San Diego Unified School District has a plan to reinstate mask mandates starting Wednesday if specific conditions are met in individual schools. The district sent a letter, obtained by KUSI, to parents and families informing them of the plan to require students at specific…
San Diego Parents Sue School District Second Time Over School Vaccine Mandate
The parents of four San Diego public school students are suing in federal court over the local school district’s requirement that forces students aged 16 and older to get vaccinated against the CCP virus that causes the disease COVID-19. The board of the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) first imposed the mandate over parental…
Supreme Court Denies Injunction Against San Diego School Vaccination Mandate; Leaves Door Open
The Supreme Court decided to not intervene–for the time being—in the case of a San Diego high school student with natural immunity who claims that the local school district’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate imposed on students aged 16 and older unconstitutionally discriminates against her by not offering a religious exemption. The San Diego Unified School District…
LA Unified Keeps Outdoor Mask Mandate
LOS ANGELES—While Los Angeles County is allowing K–12 students to go mask-free outdoors beginning Feb. 16, the outdoor mask mandate will stay in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) until at least the end of this week, officials announced on Feb. 15. The LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, who just started his new position this…
LAUSD to Send Legal Aid to San Diego Unified for COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Appeal
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…
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