Trump's Executive Order on Vaccines and School Rules

Hi, my name is [YOUR NAME] and I'm a constituent from [YOUR TOWN, ZIP].

I'm calling about the childhood vaccine executive order signed on August 10.

I'm asking [SENATOR / REPRESENTATIVE LAST NAME] to do two things. First, protect the childhood immunization schedule, support congressional oversight of this order, and insist that the HHS task force's 90-day plans are made public instead of going only to the President. Second, get a straight answer from the Justice Department about Section 4, which names disability accommodations as grounds for challenging state laws.

[My child has an IEP, and I need to know what that language means for us.]

Can you tell me where [SENATOR / REPRESENTATIVE LAST NAME] stands on both of those? Thank you for your time.

Executive Order 14420, and a question about Section 4

Dear [SENATOR / REPRESENTATIVE LAST NAME],

I'm a constituent from [YOUR TOWN, ZIP], writing about Executive Order 14420, signed August 10, 2026.

First, please protect the childhood immunization schedule. The order recognizes immunizations against 11 diseases for all children, which the White House's own fact sheet describes as a decrease from the 18 the CDC recommended in 2024. The American Academy of Pediatrics has said the science about vaccines and their efficacy has not changed and that there is no new evidence to justify a change of this size. Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, a physician who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said of this order, "I'm a doctor. This executive order is wrong. The President does not have the expertise to make these changes." I'm asking you to support congressional oversight, and to insist that the HHS Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines makes its 90-day plans public rather than delivering them only to the President.

Second, please get an answer on Section 4. It directs the Attorney General to back legal challenges to state laws that conflict with obligations related to parental authority, religious freedom, disability accommodations, and equal protection, including obligations to provide religious and medical exemptions from childhood and adolescent immunization requirements. The phrase disability accommodations appears twice, in 4(a) and in 4(b). I want to know what the Justice Department intends to do with it. That is my own question about the text, and I would like it answered before it becomes practice.

[My child has an IEP, and this language is why I'm writing.]

Please tell me where you stand on both. I'd appreciate a written response.

Thank you,
[YOUR NAME]
[YOUR TOWN, ZIP]

Hi, my name is [YOUR NAME] and I'm a constituent from [YOUR TOWN, ZIP].

I'm calling about the federal vaccine executive order signed on August 10. It advises states to consider updating their school immunization requirements, and it directs the Justice Department to back legal challenges to state laws in this area.

Our school rules are state law, so this lands right here. I'm asking [STATE LEGISLATOR / GOVERNOR LAST NAME] to keep our school immunization requirements in place and to say publicly how our state plans to respond.

[My child is in public school, and I need to know whether our rules are about to change.]

Where does [STATE LEGISLATOR / GOVERNOR LAST NAME] stand on this? Thank you.

How will our state respond to the federal vaccine executive order?

Dear [TITLE AND LAST NAME],

I'm a constituent from [YOUR TOWN, ZIP], writing about Executive Order 14420, signed August 10, 2026.

The order advises states to consider updating their immunization requirements for school enrollment and attendance, and Section 4 directs the Justice Department to back legal challenges to state laws that conflict with obligations related to parental authority, religious freedom, disability accommodations, and equal protection, including obligations to provide religious and medical exemptions. School immunization rules are state law, so the decisions land here rather than in Washington.

I'm asking you to keep our school immunization requirements in place, to keep following the guidance of our own pediatricians and state public health experts, and to say publicly how our state will respond if it is challenged over them. That includes protecting the kids in our schools who cannot be vaccinated themselves and are safe because the children around them are. I would also like to know what the state believes the disability accommodations language means for students with IEPs and 504 plans.

[My child is in public school here, and this is why I'm writing.]

Please tell me where you stand. I'd appreciate a written response.

Thank you,
[YOUR NAME]
[YOUR TOWN, ZIP]

Heads up. The childhood vaccine executive order signed August 10 recognizes immunizations against 11 diseases for all children, which the White House's own fact sheet calls a decrease from the 18 the CDC recommended in 2024. It also advises states to revisit school vaccine rules. The word autism never appears in it, though it came up repeatedly at the signing. And Section 4 tells the Justice Department to back legal challenges to state laws over parental authority, religious freedom, disability accommodations, and equal protection, including religious and medical exemptions from vaccine requirements. Read Section 4 yourself, then call your members of Congress at 202-224-3121 and your state officials. Two minutes.