Local school districts in California are deciding whether to implement the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for K–12 students to attend in-person instructions after the state postponed the mandate until at least mid-2023.
The state Department of Public Health announced on April 14 that the state will delay its vaccine mandate for students from July 2022 to July 2023 because the vaccines have yet to be fully approved for children by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), but local school districts can set their own protocols.
Currently, Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine is the only vaccine with full FDA approval for ages 16 and up, though it has emergency authorization for ages 5–15.
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