The governor of Arizona has issued an executive order prohibiting public higher education institutions from making access to courses conditional on proof of a Covid-19 vaccination or the wearing of a mask.
“In Arizona, getting the Covid-19 vaccine is a choice, not a requirement,” the Republican Governor of Grand Canyon State wrote on social media on June 15. Douglas Ducey has just published a decree prohibiting public higher education institutions from making access to courses for students conditional on presenting a negative test, proof of vaccination against Covid-19 or even wearing a mask.
In Arizona, getting the #COVID19 vaccine is a choice – not a requirement.
Today, I issued an Executive Order protecting access to Arizona’s public universities and community colleges for all students. 1/
— Doug Ducey (@dougducey) June 15, 2021
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Entitled “Protecting students’ access to public higher education”, the text nevertheless provides specific rules for certain categories of students. “Students participating in clinical placements at an approved health care facility [comme] hospitals, nursing homes, residential care facilities, intermediate care facilities for people with developmental disabilities, group homes or other medical facilities may be required to provide proof of Covid vaccination -19 and be subject to examinations as well as regular health tests determined by the care establishment concerned ”, we can indeed read in the decree.
The vaccine is working, and we encourage Arizonans to take it. But it’s a choice and we have to keep it that way
In addition, published the same day, a statement of the State of Arizona specifies that “the decree does not prevent institutions of higher education from encouraging vaccinations, from offering screening tests or from imposing the voluntary wearing of masks, in accordance with the recommendations of the centers of medical checks ”.
“The vaccine is working, and we are encouraging Arizonans to take it. But it’s a choice and we have to make sure it stays that way, ”said Douglas Ducey, before stressing that public education was a right and that it was funded by taxpayers. “We need to make our public universities available so that students can resume their studies. They have already missed too many lessons. From kindergarten to higher education, Arizona supports face-to-face learning, ”the governor said.
According to the same press release, the state of more than seven million inhabitants has already administered 6,201,598 doses of vaccine against Covid-19, 3,006,771 Arizonans being fully vaccinated to date.
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