Did school vaccines just become a campaign issue?

By: Christine Sexton

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: August 24, 2026

Words: 1,334

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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Mandated vaccines for school attendance—and a parent’s ability to reject those vaccines— may have been injected into the race for Florida governor.

With five months left before he’s term limited out of office, the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis Monday released a proposed regulation that would eliminate a number of vaccines required for public and private school students and make it easier for parents to opt out if vaccines conflict with “sincerely held …

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