One thing that seems clear is that it probably will not be an option for school districts to mandate the shot, said Jay Worona, deputy executive director and general counsel for the New York State School Boards Association.
“I think it would have to come from either an executive order of the governor or an act of the state Legislature,” he said.
It is likely premature for the state to consider such questions when there are not enough doses for all who want them, Worona said.
A guidance released last month by the The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which enforces anti-discrimination laws in the workplace, left open the possibility that public employers could require essential workers to be vaccinated, subject to certain exemptions.