This bill amends existing education law in Wyoming to require state and county health officers to grant waivers for immunization and mask mandates for K-12 students upon request. Specifically, it allows parents, legal guardians, or authorized adults to submit written requests for waivers to the required immunizations for preventable diseases and for any mask mandates imposed on students. The health officers are mandated to grant these waivers within seven business days of receiving the requests.

Additionally, the bill specifies that in the event of an outbreak of a vaccine-preventable disease, students who have received waivers and are not immunized may be excluded from school attendance for a period determined by health authorities, but they will not be counted as absent in the school's aggregate attendance figures. The bill aims to provide more flexibility for families regarding health requirements in schools while maintaining public health considerations during outbreaks.

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Introduced: 21-4-309