Los Angeles Unified School District to require COVID Vaccination.
Email Public Comment and Show Up to Protest Today, Thursday September 9 at 1pm  

LAUSD Resolution to require the COVID-19 vaccine of eligible students will be discussed Thursday, September 9, 2021 at 2pm. 

AGENDA ITEM 1:  (Proposed Resolution Requiring COVID-19 Vaccinations for Eligible Students) Recommends approval of a resolution requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for all students who access in-person instructional programs operated on District facilities, who are 12 years of age and older. (http://laschoolboard.org/sites/default/files/09-09-21SpclBdOBpost.pdf)

Action Alert!  

Email Public Comment: They have reached the maximum number of people to give public comment in person, so please email all Board Members stating your opposition now: [email protected].  Please be professional when writing public comment and be sure to state if you are an LAUSD parent, alumni, teacher, staff or resident.  The key message should be Culver City Unified School District should not discriminate or segregate on medical status, religious beliefs or any other reason.  

Show up:  There will be a protest outside of the School Board at 333 S Beaudry Ave, Los Angeles, 90017 at 1pm today.  Please show up.

Background info  

Per California law, Los Angeles Unified School District cannot require the COVID-19 vaccine, unless either 1) the legislature passes a law that states it is required for school (per the childhood vaccines requirements for school) or 2) the California Department of Public Health puts out regulations stating such (in which case they would also have to allow a personal belief exemption), neither of which have happened to date.  It also goes against Los Angeles Unified School District’s Nondiscrimination Statement.  Specifically:

California Statute: Per Section 120335 of the CA Health and Safety Code, Culver City Unified School District does not have the jurisdiction to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine for K-12 students.  This can only be done by the California Public Health Department, who would have to offer a Personal Belief Exemption, or through the passing of a law by the State Legislature and Governor.

Los Angeles Unified School District Discrimination Statement: “The Los Angeles Unified School District is committed to providing a working and learning environment free from discrimination, harassment, intimidation and bullying.
The District prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation and bullying based on actual or perceived race or ethnicity, gender/sex (including gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and pregnancy-related medical conditions) sexual orientation, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age (40 and above), genetic information, political belief or affiliation (not union related), a person's association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance, or regulation in any program or activity it conducts or to which it provides significant assistance."

Emergency Use Authorization and Liability: The vaccine clinical trials endpoints of all three vaccines were to reduce hospitalization and death.  They did not analyze for transmission or prevention of infection.  The delta variant is now the dominant variant in California.  The CDC has made it clear, in recent weeks, that vaccinated persons can transmit the delta variant, and even have as high viral loads as the unvaccinated.  At this point, those who are vaccinated have protected themselves against severe COVID or death.  Those who have made the choice not to get vaccinated, are no different from those who are vaccinated other than if they get the disease they risk possibly getting sicker than those who are vaccinated who get COVID.  It is a personal choice to get vaccinated or not, but the risk of transmitting it to someone else seems to be similar.  Requiring the COVID-19 vaccine, especially among children, to reduce transmission of SARS-COV-2 is not the answer.

While COVID-19 vaccines have been granted Emergency Use Authorization for those 12 years and older, they are not likely to get fully approved by the FDA until the end of this year.  These vaccines, especially among 12-15 year olds are still in the experimental phase with no large scale data on the safety and efficacy of either vaccine.  Under the Federal Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act, all COVID-19 vaccine makers are provided immunity from liability for their products.  However, LAUSD and the schools implementing this requirement open themselves up for lawsuits if a student is injured by a required COVID-19 vaccine.

While AVFCA is hopeful that this will educate LAUSD and a retraction will follow, unfortunately other school districts and the state often follow LAUSD’s lead.  AVFCA will remain on high alert, especially given the Governor and Legislature's seeming desire to mandate vaccines for everyone.

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Christina Hildebrand
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A Voice for Choice Advocacy, Inc.
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