Trump bars federal funding for schools with COVID vaccine mandates

Washington — President Trump signed an executive order Friday that prohibits schools and colleges with COVID-19 vaccine mandates from receiving federal money, though no states currently have such a requirement. 

The directive only applies to the COVID-19 vaccine. All states require students to receive some other vaccinations, in order to prevent diseases like measles, mumps, polio, tetanus and whooping cough, with some exemptions. 

In a fact sheet, the White House said COVID-19 vaccine mandates are "threatening educational opportunities."