United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) is calling for a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, along with stricter quarantine rules for all eligible students in Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). UTLA also announced support for a vaccine mandate for eligible students, in the wake of the FDA’s full approval of the Pfizer COVID vaccine, UTLA said in an Aug. 30 statement. “This aligns with UTLA support for the educator vaccine mandate implemented by LAUSD and will keep our schools safer as well as positively contributing to the higher community vaccination rates needed to reverse the surge in infections,” the statement read. In an Aug. 27 email to UTLA members, the teacher’s union said it was “pushing the district to immediately quarantine the entire class if the teacher or one of the students tests positive for COVID-19 in an EEC, Early Education, or TK-6 classroom.” UTLA also called for all eligible students to …