Publicly Funded Independent Study Programs Offer Loophole To Vaccination Rules
The "no shots, no school" law exempted students who didn't receive classroom-based instruction, so programs that are essentially publicly funded homeschooling have become the place to go for parents who don't want to vaccinate their children.
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Why Are California Charter Schools' Vaccination Rates So Much Worse Than District-Run Schools?
Last year, after California's new, stricter immunization law took effect, parents could no longer simply obtain a "personal belief" exemption to enroll their unvaccinated child in school, public or private. ... But the law exempted students who didn't receive classroom-based instruction, making independent study programs like River Oaks Academy among the only options left for an unvaccinated child to receive publicly-funded schooling. (Stikes, 8/28)