The Board of Trustees has postponed voting on a resolution that will mandate vaccines for students returning to campus this upcoming spring semester.
In an email sent out to the campus community, it stated, “The Long Beach Community College Board of Trustees will pull items 4.3 (Update on COVID-19 Response) and 5.7 (Resolution, COVID-19 Vaccination) from tonight’s meeting agenda.”
“The Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting on Thurs., Oct. 21 at 5:30 p.m. As requested by our campus community, the special meeting will provide more time for public comments, campus COVID-19 update, and consideration of a new campus policy on vaccines”.
Item 4.3 was set to discuss the proposed vaccination plan and go over any of the details in reference to the possibility of a vaccine mandate.
Within the agenda for item 4.3 was a proposed timeline of the upcoming semesters alongside survey responses depicting how people felt about mandating vaccines.
The data provided shows that a majority of those surveyed did agree on the requirement of a vaccine, with 56% of students and 59% of professors voting yes for a student mandated vaccine.
Current compliance from students, professors and faculty were also to be discussed with data supporting a large majority of the campus community had in fact submitted their proof of vaccination.
Item 5.7 was set to go over the resolution for this coming spring semester mandating returning students be vaccinated.
The resolution stated, “Effective February 7, 2022, 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”.