# 2025-02931: Schools Banned from Requiring COVID Vaccines Starting Immediately Nationwide

2025-02931, Keeping Education Accessible and Ending COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates in Schools, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-02-20, effective 2025-02-14 (as of 2026-11-03).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-02931
- As of: 2026-11-03
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-02931
- Title: Keeping Education Accessible and Ending COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates in Schools
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: 90 FR 9949
- Published: 2025-02-20
- Effective: 2025-02-14
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-03

## In one line

Schools Banned from Requiring COVID Vaccines Starting Immediately Nationwide

## Summary

Starting now, schools and colleges can no longer force kids and young adults to get COVID-19 vaccines to attend in person. The government will stop giving money to any school that requires these shots, protecting parents’ rights and students’ freedoms. New rules and guidance will roll out within 90 days to make sure everyone knows their rights and schools follow the law.

## Effects PRIA read

- Federal Funds Block for Vaccine Mandates: benefit, medium. The President ordered that, as of February 14, 2025, discretionary Federal funds should not be used to support any elementary school, secondary school, local or State educational agency, educational service agency, or institution of higher education that requires students to have a COVID-19 vaccina…
- Guidance on Parental Rights and Accommodations: benefit, low. The Secretary of Education must issue guidelines as soon as practicable to elementary and secondary schools, local and State educational agencies, and institutions of higher education about legal obligations related to parental authority, religious freedom, disability accommodations, and equal prot…
- 90-Day Plan to Identify and Rescind Funds: benefit, medium. Within 90 days of February 14, 2025, the Secretary of Education, with HHS consultation, must give the President a plan to end coercive COVID-19 school mandates. The plan must include (i) a list of discretionary Federal grants and contracts to elementary and secondary schools, educational agencies,…

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## Sources
- [2025-02931 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/20/2025-02931/keeping-education-accessible-and-ending-covid-19-vaccine-mandates-in-schools)
- [2025-02931 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-02-20/pdf/2025-02931.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-02931 (as of 2026-11-03).