Parents and students file federal complaint against San Diego Public Schools over religious objections to COVID-19 vaccine

SAN DIEGO – Families of four San Diego Unified School District students have filed an amended complaint in a federal lawsuit against SDUSD and its Board of Education for violation of their rights under the First Amendment by imposing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

After first imposing the mandate in September 2021, the board had delayed implementing it but, in March, the board reinstated it. The mandate still offers no possibility of an exemption for students with religious objections. Thomas More Society attorneys filed the complaint on April 29 in United States District Court, Southern District...