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Executive Order Category Rationale

Title: Keeping Education Accessible and Ending COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates in Schools
Category: COVID-19 Policies
Federal Register Doc. No.: 2025-02931
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Justification

This executive order is specifically and primarily focused on addressing COVID-19 vaccine mandates in educational institutions. The order's stated purpose is to end policies that "coerce children and young adults into taking the COVID-19 vaccine by conditioning their education on it." The entire substantive content directs the Secretary of Education to issue guidelines ending "coercive COVID-19 school mandates" and to develop a plan to withhold federal funding from schools that maintain such mandates. While the order operates through education policy mechanisms and affects educational institutions, the primary subject matter being regulated is COVID-19 vaccination policies, making "COVID-19 Policies" the most appropriate category.

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