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Ex. SEC-27-011 Order Primary source read

CUNY Coronavirus (COVID-19) Fall 2021 Safety Guidance: vaccination mandate for students in in-person and hybrid classes; masks in all CUNY campuses and buildings; testing program for unvaccinated persons

Vaccination required of all students taking in-person or hybrid classes for fall 2021 (FDA approval of Aug. 23, 2021 triggered the Sept. 27 upload and Oct. 7 verification deadlines); masks required inside all CUNY facilities; weekly testing of unvaccinated persons

City University of New York (Board of Trustees and Chancellor Felix V. Matos Rodriguez) · New York (City University of New York; 25 campuses; public university system of the City and State) (City)

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Jurisdiction
New York (City University of New York; 25 campuses; public university system of the City and State) · New York
Level
City
Authority
N.Y. Educ. Law secs. 6201-6206; Board of Trustees resolution of May 2021 (vaccination requirement effective upon FDA approval)
Issued
2021-08-25 Aug. 25, 2021
Effective
2021-08-23 (FDA approval trigger); proof uploaded by Sept. 27, 2021; verified by Oct. 7, 2021 (45 days after full FDA approval) (read as 2021-08-23)
End
In force through 2021 Q3 and after (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Aug. 23, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • all CUNY students taking in-person and hybrid classes
  • all persons inside CUNY campuses and buildings
Functions reached
  • IN in-person and hybrid instruction conditioned on vaccination
  • HS
  • ST access to every building
  • WF employees under weekly testing
  • CB students
Collection
Colleges, Universities and Community Colleges SEC-27

Operative words

CUNY's vaccination policy requires all students taking in-person and hybrid classes to get vaccinated and upload proof of vaccination in CUNYfirst.... Track final safety deadlines below following the full FDA approval of a vaccine on 8/23/21. Unvaccinated students now have until 9/27/21 to upload their vaccination documentation to CUNYfirst (so their documents can be checked and approved by 10/7/21 or 45 days after full FDA approval). Students taking in-person or hybrid classes who fail to follow the vaccine mandate per CUNY policy will be subject to potential academic withdrawal that could also impact their financial aid... Wear a mask inside all CUNY campuses and buildings, including while in class.... With COVID-19 cases on the rise because of the Delta variant, we must all #MaskUpCUNY for now.

Enforcement

Academic withdrawal; exclusion from CUNY facilities without VaxPass or weekly negative test

Notes

A public university system's own publication of Aug. 25-26, 2021 recording the mandate, its FDA-approval trigger, its deadlines and the universal indoor mask rule; read with 10 NYCRR 2.60/2.61 (Exs. NY-071, NY-071-B) and the City's Key to NYC orders (MET-NYC-040 to -042).

Retrieval note

Render of the archived page of Aug. 26, 2021; text read.

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