No easy answers for a COVID-19 vaccine requirement at North Dakota schools
A vaccine will be critical for getting campuses back to normal operations and events, UND President Andrew Armacost said. 7:00 am, Dec. 15, 2020 ×
Lake Region Health unit public health nurse Annette Groves changes her gloves during a COVID-19 mass testing event in Devils Lake in September. Eric Hylden / Grand Forks Herald
A coronavirus vaccine may help North Dakota colleges return to some form of normalcy next fall, but could students one day be required to get vaccinated for COVID-19 before entering school?
The answer isn’t so simple.
Karol Riedman, chief compliance officer for the North Dakota University System, said, while the State Board of Higher Education requires certain vaccinations for college students, it’s limited to the list of childhood vaccinations included in state law.
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Join a panel of North Dakota leaders as they discuss high-priority topics during the kick-off event to the 2020 Virtual Legislative Preview Summit livestream beginning at 2 p.m., Monday, Dec. 14.
Topics include COVID-19 and its impact on health, safety and state and local economies, budetary and funding challenges and opportunities, energy impacts, lignite resources and reimagining state governments.
Panelists include Gov. Doug Burgum, Senate Majority Leader Rich Wardner, Senate Minority Leader Joan Heckaman, House Majority Leader Chet Pollert and House Minority Leader Josh Boschee. This discussion is moderated by Blair Thoreson.
Sen. Ray Holmberg, R-Grand Forks, said he almost certainly caught the virus from "our petri dish called the Legislature" since he hadn't been anywhere else in the last two weeks.
Sen. Ray Holmberg, R-Grand Forks, said he almost certainly caught the virus from "our petri dish called the Legislature" since he hadn't been anywhere else in the last two weeks.