Sacramento City Unified to consider Covid-19 vaccine mandate

Sacramento City Unified board members on Thursday were presented with three options regarding Covid-related mandates for students:

• Continue testing students with symptoms or who have been in close contact with people who tested positive for Covid-19; no vaccine requirement
• Require that students 12 and older either get the vaccination for Covid-19 or be tested regularly for Covid-19
• Require that all students 12 and older be vaccinated for Covid-19; some exemptions allowed

The options were presented by the county health officer, the district student support and health services director and others. While no vote was expected, four out of the seven board members support the third option, according to the Sacramento Bee.

The board could vote on a vaccine mandate by the end of September.