California To Require COVID-19 Vaccine Or Test For Teachers

The vaccine mandate for K-12 educators comes as schools return from summer break amid growing concerns of the highly contagious Delta variant.

California will become the first state in the nation to require all teachers and school staff to get vaccinated or undergo weekly COVID-19 testing, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday. The statewide vaccine mandate for K-12 educators comes as schools return from summer break amid growing concerns of the highly contagious Delta variant. Newsom announced the new policy at a San Francisco Bay Area school that has already reopened after summer break.