Executive Order 14214

Keeping Education Accessible and Ending COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates in Schools

Signed 2025-02-14 in effect
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Conditions federal education funding on schools not requiring COVID-19 vaccination for students.

Section by Section

What each section does, and how they differ.

Sec. 1 Purpose and Policy

Parents and young adults should make their own vaccination decisions with accurate COVID-19 risk data. Discretionary Federal funds shall not support educational entities requiring COVID-19 vaccination for in-person attendance.

Sec. 2 Definitions

Establishes definitions for educational service agency, elementary school, institution of higher education, local educational agency, secondary school, and state educational agency.

Sec. 3 Ending COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Coercion

Secretary of Education shall issue guidelines within reasonable time on legal obligations regarding parental authority, religious freedom, disability accommodations, and equal protection related to coercive COVID-19 mandates. Within 90 days, Secretary with Health and Human Services consultation shall provide plan to end coercive mandates including list of non-compliant entities receiving discretionary Federal grants and process for rescinding Federal funds from non-compliant schools.

Sec. 4 General Provisions

Standard boilerplate: preserves existing agency authority, conditions the order on appropriations, and creates no enforceable private rights.