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Virginia AG says colleges can impose vaccine requirement
April 26, 2021 GMT
RICHMOND, Va. (AP)
Virginia’s attorney general says the state’s colleges and universities can require students to get the COVID-19 vaccine before being allowed to attend in-person classes and activities.
The advisory opinion released Monday by Attorney General Mark Herring came in response to a request from Del. Mark Keam, a Democrat from Fairfax County.
Herring noted in his opinion that there is no federal law prohibiting Virginia colleges and universities from imposing a vaccine requirement. He also said the boards of visitors of Virginia’s institutions of higher education have been granted broad authority by the General Assembly to implement policies and regulations to protect the safety and welfare of students.
Virginia colleges can impose vaccine requirement, AG says
By: The Associated Press
and last updated 2021-04-26 12:36:54-04
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginiaâs attorney general says the stateâs colleges and universities can require students to get the COVID-19 vaccine before being allowed to attend in-person classes and activities.
The advisory opinion released Monday by Attorney General Mark Herring came in response to a request from Del. Mark Keam, a Democrat from Fairfax County.
Herring noted in his opinion that there is no federal law prohibiting Virginia colleges and universities from imposing a vaccine requirement. He also said the boards of visitors of Virginiaâs institutions of higher education have been granted broad authority by the General Assembly to implement policies and regulations to protect the safety and welfare of students.
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The University of Maryland System will now require students, faculty and staff to get a COVID-19 vaccine before returning to their respective campuses such as the University of Maryland College Park, University of Baltimore, Bowie State University and 10 other schools and educational services.
The University System of Maryland’s Board of Regents voted early Friday morning on the decision. University System of Maryland Chancellor Jay Perman announced the decision in a statement Friday. The system will allow appropriate exemptions for medical or religious reasons, the statement said.
Listen to the meeting below: I’d like to frame my remarks not only as System chancellor, but as a physician a pediatrician, reads a statement from Perman. If we examine the data and there is an extraordinary accumulation of data we see that the risk of vaccines is very low