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 the mandate as a victory.
“We welcome this course of action, which represents another significant victory for these families and their students, most of whom will now be able to have normal senior years and graduate from high school,” Jonna said in a statement.
The mandate, which was to become effective in July, will be delayed until July 2023 or later. The school district, which previously delayed the mandate, is one of the few in the United States that requires students to receive the vaccine for in-person instruction while not offering a religious exemption for schoolchildren….