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This bill aims to restore the religious exemption to immunization requirements for school children, which means parents would once again be able to opt out of mandatory school vaccination requirements by citing religious beliefs. The bill specifically seeks to amend existing general statutes to reinstate this exemption, allowing parents to choose not to vaccinate their children based on religious grounds without facing penalties or being barred from school enrollment. While the bill text is brief, it represents a potential significant change to current school immunization policies, potentially allowing more flexibility for families with religious objections to certain vaccines. The proposed amendment would effectively reverse a previous policy that may have eliminated or restricted religious exemptions for school immunizations, though the specific details of the prior law are not provided in this bill text.

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