Yavapai Community College silent so far
According to a November 12 story in the Arizona Republic by Alison Steinbach, Maricopa and Pima community Colleges will require employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to meet federal mandates. The community colleges are following President Joe Biden’s executive order for federal contractors, which requires all employees to be fully vaccinated, with limited accommodations.
Both Community Colleges will have to provide reasonable accommodations for employees who decline vaccination for medical, disability or religious reasons.
Yavapai Community College has remained silent on any plans to require its employees to be vaccinated. If it has no contracts with the federal government, the mandate does not apply.
Maricopa Community College employees will have until January 7 to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or apply for an accommodation. The mandate includes faculty, staff, student workers, and full-time, part-time and temporary employees, volunteers and remote and virtual employees.
Arizona State University, the University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University in mid-October announced their more than 52,000 employees, including student workers, would have to be fully vaccinated or receive a religious, disability or medical accommodation by Dec. 8, although the deadline was moved to January, per university websites.
Note that the effort by Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich to halt implementation of the federal mandate was denied by a federal judge earlier this week.