School vaccination requirements
West Virginia has comparatively strong school vaccination laws. The governor and some legislators have pressured officials not to fully uphold them, which disability-rights advocates say endangers medically vulnerable students; the ACLU opposes weakening the laws by legislation or executive action.
Should West Virginia maintain or weaken its school vaccination requirements?
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Sources
ACLU of West Virginia — https://www.acluwv.org/aclu-wv-2026-legislative-action-guide
Officials have targeted the state’s robust vaccination laws that keep all children safe in West Virginia — especially those with disabilities. While most legislators voted against weakening these laws last session, Gov. Patrick Morrissey along with a number of delegates have pressured bureaucrats and school boards to not uphold the current law.
Positions on this issue · liberal → conservative
- Strengthen enforcement and narrow exemptions to maximize community immunity
- Fully uphold current robust vaccination laws without new exemptions
- Keep the statutes but allow more flexible case-by-case school board discretion
- Expand religious or personal-belief exemptions from school vaccine mandates
- Repeal or sharply roll back school vaccination requirements as parental rights