Health Care

School vaccine requirements

5 public statements from 2026 candidates

§1The range of views

Why this matters: These rules affect what parents can decide for their own children and how diseases like measles spread in schools.

Drafted by AI, then checked for neutral wording in a separate AI review. It describes the question and the main positions, not any candidate's view. Facts link to their sources.

Whether children must get certain vaccines, such as those for measles and polio, to attend school, and what exemptions families can get.

  1. End school vaccine requirements
  2. Keep requirements but allow religious or personal-belief exemptions
  3. Keep requirements with medical exemptions only

These options describe policies, not people. The order is not a ranking.

§2What candidates have said

Why this matters: Statements candidates made publicly, summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Candidates who haven't spoken publicly on this issue aren't listed.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

End school vaccine requirements (2)

  • Dean Ocean Abrams FL Governor
    His campaign website says he opposes vaccine mandates and would end Florida's school vaccine requirements in state law.1
  • Pro-Life ID Governor
    His campaign website says no one should be required to be vaccinated for school or any other reason, and that he opposes childhood vaccination.2

Statements that don't match one option (3)

  • Richard Pan CA-6
    His campaign website lists among his accomplishments authoring state legislation to raise school vaccination rates in response to the 2015 Disneyland measles outbreak.3,4
  • Ritesh Tandon CA-17
    An earlier policy page still on his campaign website calls for a new review of the safety of some childhood vaccines and says families should be told of the risks and given the choice to opt out of any vaccine requirement.5
  • Rachel Fetty Anderson WV Senate
    Her campaign website says she supports requiring children to be fully vaccinated before starting school and that weakening West Virginia's vaccine policies harms children.6