Nevada’s public colleges and universities are allowing students who aren’t fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to register for spring classes after a state legislative board refused to make permanent an emergency mandate.

Nevada’s public colleges and universities are allowing students who aren’t fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to register for spring classes after a state legislative board refused to make permanent an emergency mandate.

The university says proof of the COVID-19 vaccine is no longer a requirement for spring 2022 enrollment and it expects to have all related holds cleared soon.

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A proposal to continue requiring the COVID-19 vaccine for Nevada’s college students was thwarted Tuesday night after a 12-member commission of state lawmakers voted 6-6 on party lines, with Democrats in favor and Republicans against.

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In a party-line vote on Tuesday, six Republican lawmakers blocked the state Board of Health’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates for college students and state health and corrections workers from becoming permanent.

The vaccine mandate for college students in Nevada was struck down by state leaders Tuesday night.

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