In today’s rundown: A law requiring girls in Virginia to get the HPV vaccine could be repealed. And a revival may be in the works for D.C.’s school voucher program.
— Virginia’s House of Delegates voted to approve legislation that would eliminate the Commonwealth’s requirement that sixth-grade girls get the vaccine that protects against the STD that can cause cervical cancer. The House voted to repeal the law 61-33. The bill will move to the Senate, which has killed previous attempts to repeal the mandate. The vaccine protects against human papilloma virus, or HPV. Click here for details.
— D.C.’s school voucher program may be revived. WAMU reports that some federal legislators are working on bills that would reauthorize the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, which gives public funds to children from low-income families so that they can attend private and parochial schools. The program began in 2004, but in 2009 Congress did not renew funding for it.