Field v. Robinson
Field v. Robinson
Opinion of the Court
We think the court below did not err in the ruling referred to in the assignments. In Duffield v. Williamsport School District, 162 Pa. 476, we held that school directors, in the exercise of a sound discretion, may exclude from the public schools pupils who have not been vaccinated. “ Whether a resolution excluding from the school pupils who have not been vaccinated, is a reasonable one, is to be judged of in the first
Judgment affirmed.
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- School law—Discretion of principal—Vaccination.. A principal of a public school in the exercise of a sound discretion may exclude pupils who have not been vaccinated. Constitutional law—School law—Vaccination — Public health—Act of June 18, 1895. The Act of June 18, 1895, P. L. 203, entitled “ An act to provide for the more effectual protection of the public health in the several municipalities in this commonwealth,” and providing that children not vaccinated may be refused admission to public schools, is constitutional.