HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - State health officials have released data showing double-digit percentages of students in some Connecticut schools are exempted from certain vaccinations for religious or medical reasons. The Department of Public Health posted the town-by-town, school-by-school information for the first time Friday on its website. Democratic House Majority Leader Matt Ritter of Hartford, who supports eliminating the religious exemption, calls the numbers ``shocking,'' noting more than 100 schools fall below federal guidelines. But LeeAnn Ducat, founder of Informed Choice CT, a group that supports the exemption, says the data contain errors and shouldn't have been released. Redding Superintendent of Schools Tom McMorran says wrong information was mistakenly submitted to the state for the Redding Elementary School, where he says only 4.7% of students are currently exempted from vaccinations for religious reasons.
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