The order is expected to have little national impact because COVID-19 vaccine mandates have mostly been dropped at schools and colleges across the United States, and many states have passed legislation forbidding such mandates.
Schools, colleges and states that require students to be immunized against COVID-19 may be at risk of losing federal money under a White House order signed Friday by President Donald Trump.
All states have laws requiring that children attending schools be vaccinated against certain diseases including measles, mumps, polio, tetanus, whooping cough and chickenpox.
The order directs the Education Department and Health and Human Services to create a plan to end vaccine mandates for COVID-19.
All U.S. states allow exemptions for children with medical conditions that prevent them from getting certain vaccines.
