Arizona’s public universities will require employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to comply with a Biden administration order requiring federal contractors to mandate vaccinations, The Arizona Republic reported.
The decision by the institutions follows a similar move by Pennsylvania State University, which announced last week it would require employees — including student employees — to get vaccinated in order to comply with requirements for federal contractors.
University of Arizona president Robert C. Robbins said that all university employees, including student workers and graduate assistants and associates, must submit documentation of full vaccination by Dec. 8 or obtain an exemption for religious or disability-related reasons.
