Inslee updates higher education proclamation to align with recent vaccine requirement announcements

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Gov. Jay Inslee today updated Proclamation 20-12 (Higher Education). The updates include technical changes to align the higher education proclamation with the vaccination requirement proclamation (21-14.1) which requires that staff, faculty, contractors and volunteers at vaccinated institutions of higher education be fully vaccinated by October 18, 2021. The updated proclamation also removes the philosophical exemption option for students.

The amended proclamation is effective immediately.

Read the full proclamation here.

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