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.