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WV Board of Education to Keep Vaccine Requirements Against Governor's Wishes
- On Wednesday, June 11, 2025, the state school board in West Virginia came together in full agreement to direct schools to adhere to the existing vaccination law, which excludes any religious exemptions.
- This decision conflicts with Governor Patrick Morrisey's January 14, 2025 executive order that allows religious exemptions, based on the 2023 Equal Protection for Religion Act.
- The vote directs State Superintendent Michele Blatt to guide county schools to enforce immunization requirements for diseases like measles and polio without exemptions.
- Governor Morrisey's communications director Alex Lanfranconi said the Board is "trampling on the religious liberties of children," while Michele Blatt affirmed the Board’s duty to uphold state law and the Constitution.
- The decision maintains vaccine mandates amid legal challenges and highlights ongoing tension between the governor’s religious exemption policy and the Board’s enforcement of existing immunization laws.
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theintelligencer.net
The JournalW.Va. Board of Education recommends against religious vaccine exemptions
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Board of Education unanimously voted Wednesday to provide county school boards guidance to disregard Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s executive order allowing for religious and conscientious exemptions to the state’s school-age vaccine law. During its monthly meeting in Charleston on Wednesday afternoon, the state Board of Education came out of executive session […]
West Virginia Board of Education votes to continue mandatory vaccines for schools
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) -- There is a growing grey area over whether or not children need to be vaccinated to attend school in West Virginia. The West Virginia Board of Education says the answer is yes, as they are sticking with the state law. The West Virginia Board of Education voted unanimously to continue to follow state law regarding mandatory vaccines, overruling an executive order by Governor Patrick Morrisey. State board advised ag…
WV Board of Education to keep vaccine requirements against governor’s wishes
The West Virginia Board of Education voted unanimously Wednesday to keep the current vaccine requirements for students, despite an executive order from Gov. Patrick Morrisey aiming to grant religio…
West Virginia Board of Education to keep vaccine requirements against governor’s wishes
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WBOY) — The West Virginia Board of Education voted unanimously Wednesday to keep the current vaccine requirements for students, despite an executive order from Gov. Patrick Morrisey aiming to grant religious exemptions to the rule. The board told State Superintendent Michell Blatt to direct local public schools to follow current compulsory immunization law, which does not include religious exemptions. A bill that would have gr…
Charleston Gazette-Mail
The Herald-DispatchWV BOE keeps vaccine rules, defying Morrisey's push for religious exemptions
The West Virginia Board of Education voted, on June 11, 2025 to uphold existing childhood vaccine requirements, rejecting an executive order from Gov. Patrick Morrisey that would have opened the door to religious and philosophical exemptions. The board heard emotional testimony from medical professionals and community members who defended the state’s high immunization rates. Under Morrisey’s executive order, families could have opted out of scho…
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