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Vaccine exemption requests in Texas spike in July, as some experts fear more families will opt out

  • 1.  Vaccine exemption requests in Texas spike in July, as some experts fear more families will opt out

    Posted 08-22-2025 11:42 AM

    Texas school districts are coming back from summer with a rising number of parents asking for vaccine exemption forms and a new law that will make those documents even easier to obtain. Combined with funding cuts to public vaccination programs, chilling effects of immigration policies on health care, and the wearying battle by school nurses to balance parental consent and overall student body health, Texas schools are on track to have the lowest vaccination rates in decades if exemption rates continue to climb.

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    Michael Spurlin
    ATPE
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