US EditionWest Virginia Again Bans Religious Reasons for School Vaccine Exemptions
The board reversed its suspension after the Supreme Court stayed a lower-court ruling, affecting about 570 families involved in a religious exemption lawsuit.
- On Tuesday, the West Virginia Board of Education reinstated a statewide school vaccine mandate after the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals paused a lower-court ruling and directed county boards of education not to accept religious exemptions.
- Raleigh County parent Miranda Guzman sued to challenge denial of a religious exemption, filing against state and local boards and the superintendent, while Judge Michael Froble ruled last Wednesday that the Board's no-exemption policy violated West Virginia's Equal Protection for Religion Act .
- State Health Department granted religious exemption certificates while the Board refused to honor them, and on June 17, a Raleigh County local school superintendent rescinded a certificate by email, the lawsuit says.
- Last month, Judge Michael Froble certified the case as a class action covering 570 families, and Miranda Guzman says she has been unable to send her 4-year-old to school.
- Earlier this year, Gov. Patrick Morrisey issued an executive order authorizing the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources to implement religious exemptions, but two outside groups sued, and the West Virginia Legislature passed a Senate bill that failed in the House.
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The West Virginia Board of Education re-established a school vaccination order on Tuesday after the state Supreme Court paused a lower court ruling allowing parents to cite religious beliefs to choose not to administer the vaccines required for their children to attend classes. On Tuesday morning, the Supreme Court issued a suspension of the ruling issued last week by Raleigh County Circuit Judge Michael Froble in a collective lawsuit. By issuin…
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West Virginia again bans religious reasons for school vaccine exemptions
The West Virginia Supreme Court has paused a ruling that allowed parents to use religious beliefs to opt out of required school vaccines for their children.
WV Supreme Court halts ruling that would have allowed students religious exemption to vaccines
The West Virginia Supreme Court has temporarily suspended a ruling that would have allowed students to attend school with a religious exemption to the state’s school vaccination requirements. (West Virginia Legislative Photography)The West Virginia Supreme Court has temporarily suspended a ruling from a Raleigh County judge that would have allowed students to attend school with a religious exemption to the state’s school vaccination requirements…
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