SAN DIEGO—A 16-year-old Scripps Ranch High School student and her parents filed a lawsuit on Friday against the San Diego Unified School District to block its recently approved COVID-19 vaccine mandate for staff and students over the age of 16. The suit filed in San Diego federal court on behalf of the family—identified as John, Jane and Jill Doe in the complaint—states that the high school junior’s religious beliefs prohibit her from getting the vaccine. The district approved a vaccine mandate plan last month, which requires that all students over age 16 receive their second dose no later than Dec. 20. Unvaccinated students 16 years or older will be required to take part in remote learning via independent study. The district’s plan allows for medical exemptions to the mandate, but not religious or personal belief exemptions. Representatives from the school district were not immediately available for comment on the lawsuit. …
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