Lee School board member moves to eliminate vaccine requirements for students

If a Lee County School Board member’s peers agree, local schools may not only support Florida’s plan to end vaccine mandates for students, but implement such an initiative on its own.

Lee County School Board Member Armor Persons said Tuesday he will bring forward a resolution to remove mandatory vaccines for students within the district.

He said while the state is looking at removing requirements for several vaccines, there are other inoculations mandated in statutes that may not be part of the state effort initially…

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