LBCC Board of Trustees Votes 5-0 To Require Proof of COVID Vax For Staff and Students

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LBCC Board of Trustees Votes 5-0 To Require Proof of COVID Vax For Staff and Students

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(Oct. 21, 2021 updated) -- At a special Oct. 21 meeting, LBCC's Board of Trustees voted 5-0 to approve a policy resolution requiring proof of vaccination for all LBCC staff and students.

LBREPORT.com livestreamed the meeting on our front page and Facebook platform.

The resolution text was tweaked slightly by staff before the Board meeting. The compliance deadline for staff was changed to Jan. 3, 2022. Language was added changing compliance date for students to Jan. 24 (prior to start of the spring semester.) And students accessing online-only classes or online-only services needn't submit proof of vaccination.

The policy resolution proposes that LBCC employees and students who don't submit proof of vaccination will be excluded from campus unless they have an exemption or other accommodation required by law. Deadline for LBCC staff compliance is Jan. 3, 2022. Deadline for LBCC students is Jan. 24, 2022.

The tweaked resolution action is visible here. It recites in pertinent part:

For all District employees :
A. All employees, regardless of current work assignment, must submit proof of vaccination no later than January 3, 2022.
B. All employees must also provide proof of vaccination booster doses if and when public health authorities, including the CDC, the California Department of Public Health (“CDPH”), or the County Department of Public Health, indicate that a COVID-19 vaccine booster is necessary based on the COVID-19 vaccine that the employee received and the date upon which they became fully vaccinated.
C. Employees will be excluded from campus and deemed absent without leave if they have not submitted proof of vaccination, unless an exemption or other accommodation as required by law has been authorized. ...
For all District students
A. Effective Jan. 24, 2022, two weeks before the start of the spring semester, students will be allowed to attend classes and/or receive in-person services on campus only if they have provided proof of vaccination, unless an exemption or other accommodation as required by law has been authorized.
B. Students will be excluded from campus if they have not submitted proof of vaccination and will be considered absent from class without excuse, unless an exemption or other accommodation as required by law has been authorized.
C. Fully online students who are accessing online-only classes and/or online-only services or events will not be required to provide proof of vaccination and will not be allowed to come to campus

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