Keeping Education Accessible and Ending COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates in Schools
Headline: Limits Federal Funding to Schools with COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
What it does: The Secretary of Education must issue guidance and deliver a 90-day plan to end coercive COVID-19 school vaccine mandates.
- Federal grants and contracts may be withheld or rescinded from noncompliant schools.
- Schools will get federal guidance on parental rights, religious, and disability accommodations.
- Order aims to empower parents and young adults to decide about vaccination.
Summary
This order bars discretionary federal funds from directly or indirectly supporting schools or higher education institutions that require COVID-19 vaccination for in-person attendance, and directs the Department of Education to issue guidance on parental authority, religious freedom, disability accommodations, and equal protection.
Within 90 days the Secretary of Education, consulting the Health Secretary, must deliver a plan to end coercive school vaccine mandates, list noncompliant grants, and outline how federal funds can be prevented or rescinded for noncompliant institutions. The order seeks to protect parental choice and students' access to education.
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