The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the second-largest school district in the nation, is facing another lawsuit against its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees. Health Freedom Defense Fund (HFDF), a non-profit organization based in Wyoming, and six members of California Educators for Medical Freedom filed a lawsuit last week to challenge LAUSD’s mandating all…
LAUSD Sued Again Over Employee Vaccination Mandate
LA Schools to Offer COVID-19 Vaccine to Children Ages 5–11
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the second-largest school district in the nation, announced Nov. 2 the COVID-19 vaccine will be made available to students between 5 and 11 years old. “The COVID-19 vaccine is highly encouraged for children ages 5-11. However, it will not be part of Los Angeles Unified’s current student vaccine requirement,”…
LA Schools to Offer COVID-19 Vaccine to Children Ages 5 to 11
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the second-largest school district in the nation, announced Nov. 2 the COVID-19 vaccine will be made available to students between 5 and 11 years old. “The COVID-19 vaccine is highly encouraged for children ages 5-11. However, it will not be part of Los Angeles Unified’s current student vaccine requirement,”…
Parents Sue LA School District Over COVID Mandates for Children
The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is being sued by parents concerned about mask mandates and obligatory COVID-19 testing for the coming school year. The lawsuit, filed June 22 by Southern California law firm Tyler and Bursch LLP and Children’s Health Defense California, seeks to prohibit the LAUSD and county officials from imposing the COVID-19 related…
LA School District Will Offer Full-Day, On-Campus Instruction This Fall
LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles Unified will offer all students the choice of returning to full-time instruction on campus this fall, although distance learning will also be available, school district officials announced May 24. Superintendent Austin Beutner said he expects the vast majority of students, teachers and staff to be at school every day starting in August,…
LA Teachers Union Votes Overwhelmingly To Return To Classroom
United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) members have overwhelmingly approved an agreement on safe return and hybrid instruction, according to a report. The vote was 89 percent in favor of the return, UTLA communications director Anna Bakalis reported. The vote was conducted from March 18 through March 21 and conducted by Integrity Voting Systems. A total…
LA School Board OKs Agreement With Teachers Union For Campus Return
LOS ANGELES—A tentative deal with the teachers union that would restart in-person instruction for Los Angeles Unified District (LAUSD) pre-school and elementary students by mid-April was approved March 11 by the district’s Board of Education. After a roughly two-hour question-and-answer session focusing on the mechanics of the agreement and anticipated structure of school days, the…
State Deal to Encourage School Reopening By April, But Local Resistance Looms
LOS ANGELES—Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders will announce a multibillion-dollar deal March 1 aimed at enticing schools to resume in-person instruction for young students by April 1, but union demands for COVID vaccinations of teachers and reduced transmission rates make it unlikely L.A. Unified will meet that date. According to reports out of Sacramento,…
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