Are schools allowed to require proof of vaccination status?

[Anonymous]

Assuming a kid is old enough to be vaccinated but isn't for whatever reason, will their teachers know this information and become mask police the whole year?

[Anonymous]

They require proof of MMR vaccine (et al) - this isn’t any different

[Anonymous]

Yes. They are allowed to require proof of any vaccination.

[Anonymous]

Are they allowed? Yes

Will teachers be cross referencing and checking vaccination status to be mask police? No

As a teacher, I don’t have time for that and certainly won’t memorize the vaccination status for my 130+ high school students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. They are allowed to require proof of any vaccination.

OP here. I understand the point about requiring proof of other vaccines. But a kid's MMR vaccination status isn't publicly known to their teachers and classmates, so no one would know that a kid's family has a religious or medical exemption for that vaccine. That's not true with this vaccination, at least if vaccinated kids are allowed to go maskless while the unvaccinated kids have to wear masks. It just feels like very private information that is made public by the distinction that schools might draw. I'm a little worried that unvaccinated kids will made to feel "other" if schools allow vaccinated kids to take off masks. I wonder, too, if teachers will treat kids differently if they are masked/unvaccinated, even on a subconscious level.

[Anonymous]

Op stop it

Get your kid vaccinated or leave the US no tolerance for this kind of crappy parenting

Anyone who has ever attended school in the US has to be vaccinated and already has an immunization card.

While some schools will not require Covid vaccinated til FDA approval not getting your kid who is eligible vaccinated is stupid.

Your probably one of those idiots who thinks polio resurgence is ok

[Anonymous]

Link to similar discussion on the DCPS forum:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/988551.page

Personally, I am for public schools requiring proof of vaccination, even if a lawsuit will certainly ensue. A federal judge recently ruled in favor of (public) Indiana University's right to require proof of vaccination.
Sadly it seems that area public schools don't have the guts to try, in this region chock-full of lawyers. They might change their minds if the CDC starts warning about a dangerous Delta spread, and state or county governments start ringing alarm bells on hospitalizations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. They are allowed to require proof of any vaccination.

OP here. I understand the point about requiring proof of other vaccines. But a kid's MMR vaccination status isn't publicly known to their teachers and classmates, so no one would know that a kid's family has a religious or medical exemption for that vaccine. That's not true with this vaccination, at least if vaccinated kids are allowed to go maskless while the unvaccinated kids have to wear masks. It just feels like very private information that is made public by the distinction that schools might draw. I'm a little worried that unvaccinated kids will made to feel "other" if schools allow vaccinated kids to take off masks. I wonder, too, if teachers will treat kids differently if they are masked/unvaccinated, even on a subconscious level.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. They are allowed to require proof of any vaccination.

OP here. I understand the point about requiring proof of other vaccines. But a kid's MMR vaccination status isn't publicly known to their teachers and classmates, so no one would know that a kid's family has a religious or medical exemption for that vaccine. That's not true with this vaccination, at least if vaccinated kids are allowed to go maskless while the unvaccinated kids have to wear masks. It just feels like very private information that is made public by the distinction that schools might draw. I'm a little worried that unvaccinated kids will made to feel "other" if schools allow vaccinated kids to take off masks. I wonder, too, if teachers will treat kids differently if they are masked/unvaccinated, even on a subconscious level.

I’m the teacher that responded and you didn’t acknowledge that I said we would not be checking. I don’t have inside knowledge but I bet it’s on the honor system or they will require everyone to mask. No one will care if your kid masks or treats them differently. No one will assume their vaccination status. There are vaccinated individuals all over in public in masks. And there are also unvaccinated individuals without. We don’t know anyone’s vaccination status when we are in the grocery store.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. They are allowed to require proof of any vaccination.

OP here. I understand the point about requiring proof of other vaccines. But a kid's MMR vaccination status isn't publicly known to their teachers and classmates, so no one would know that a kid's family has a religious or medical exemption for that vaccine. That's not true with this vaccination, at least if vaccinated kids are allowed to go maskless while the unvaccinated kids have to wear masks. It just feels like very private information that is made public by the distinction that schools might draw. I'm a little worried that unvaccinated kids will made to feel "other" if schools allow vaccinated kids to take off masks. I wonder, too, if teachers will treat kids differently if they are masked/unvaccinated, even on a subconscious level.

If there is a measles outbreak the unvaccinated child won’t be allowed to attend school at all, so that information will then become public as well, and the kid will feel “other” because they won’t even be allowed in the school building.

At my workplace, where vaxed can be maskless, they stress that wearing a mask doesn’t necessarily mean you aren’t vaccinated. Same would be true at school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Assuming a kid is old enough to be vaccinated but isn't for whatever reason, will their teachers know this information and become mask police the whole year?

They absolutely should. Should be an absolute requirement. No exclusions for any reasons

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. They are allowed to require proof of any vaccination.

Schools don't share this information with teachers. I have no idea which of my students have medical or religious exemptions or medical conditions that prevent them from responding to a vaccine, unless the parent tells me directly.

Right now, covid vaccines are not on the list of required vaccines. I imagine a change would require a change in law, which is of course doable. But an individual public school couldn't go rogue and require it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. They are allowed to require proof of any vaccination.

Schools don't share this information with teachers. I have no idea which of my students have medical or religious exemptions or medical conditions that prevent them from responding to a vaccine, unless the parent tells me directly.

Right now, covid vaccines are not on the list of required vaccines. I imagine a change would require a change in law, which is of course doable. But an individual public school couldn't go rogue and require it.

A new vaccine requirement would have to be passed into law by the Virginia legislature. School districts cannot do this on their own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are they allowed? Yes

Will teachers be cross referencing and checking vaccination status to be mask police? No

As a teacher, I don’t have time for that and certainly won’t memorize the vaccination status for my 130+ high school students.

Speak for yourself. I absolutely WILL be checking vaccination status AND I absolutely WILL require unvaccinated students to wear masks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. They are allowed to require proof of any vaccination.

Schools don't share this information with teachers. I have no idea which of my students have medical or religious exemptions or medical conditions that prevent them from responding to a vaccine, unless the parent tells me directly.

Right now, covid vaccines are not on the list of required vaccines. I imagine a change would require a change in law, which is of course doable. But an individual public school couldn't go rogue and require it.

A new vaccine requirement would have to be passed into law by the Virginia legislature. School districts cannot do this on their own.

It's not a new vaccine requirement. Schools wouldn't be requiring the vaccination, just requiring proof of the vaccination in order to allow the student to be free of the mask. Two different things.