Connecticut State Colleges and Universities have joined the University of Connecticut in requiring all employees to receive COVID vaccines.
Adria Watson
Adria was CT Mirror's Education and Community Reporter. She grew up in Oakland, graduated from Sacramento State where she was co-news editor of the student newspaper, and worked as a part-time reporter at CalMatters. Most recently Adria interned at The Marshall Project, a national nonprofit news organization that reports on criminal justice issues. Adria was one of CT Mirror’s Report For America Corps Members.
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UConn issues COVID vaccine mandate for all employees
The mandate includes employees at UConn Health and at the university’s five campuses.
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School officials turn a wary eye toward fall as the COVID delta variant spreads
Administrators will be watching the numbers closely, but the plan remains to resume school full-time, in-person.
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CT reviewing CDC mask guidance for K-12 schools
Gov. Ned Lamont’s office is reviewing updated CDC guidance for mask-wearing in K-12 schools before taking an “official stance.”
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Report: Schools found ways to keep students on track during COVID
About a third of high school students weren’t on track to progress last fall. But at some schools, that changed.
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UConn board votes to continue planned tuition increase
The $625 increase will boost tuition to $15,030 for in-state students and $37,698 for out-of-state students attending UConn next year.
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CSCU board votes to require COVID vaccines for students in the fall
Connecticut State Colleges and Universities will require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before returning to campus this fall.
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‘Right to Read’ legislation passes as part of budget implementer
Senator Pat Billie Miller was sworn in as the new state Senator for the 27th District representing parts of Stamford and Darien at the state Capitol earlier this spring. Legislation designed to improve grade-school reading curricula across the state — which was voted out of the Committee on Education in the spring but never came […]
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CT students could get automatic admission to state universities under budget bill
Admission to the program will be based on grade point average and a minimum class ranking percentile.
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Bill changing campus safety reporting gets final passage in House
House Majority Leader Jason Rojas received a forcible reminder Wednesday morning the bill hadn’t been called yet.
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UConn will require students to be vaccinated against COVID
Students who are not fully vaccinated when they return to school will be placed in a “modified quarantine.”
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Bill addressing children’s mental health heads to governor
The House of Representatives gave final approval to legislation addressing the impact of COVID on students’ mental health and education.
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House approves bill aimed at expanding school mental health clinics
The state House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill Wednesday aimed at expanding school-based mental health clinics throughout Connecticut.
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Judge rules in favor of governor in school mask lawsuit
The CT Freedom Alliance plans to appeal the ruling upholding the state’s mask mandate for children to the Supreme Court.
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Children with psychiatric needs are overwhelming hospital emergency departments in CT
Hospital officials in Connecticut say that while emergency department visits overall have declined, the number of children who are awaiting inpatient beds for psychiatric care has increased exponentially during the pandemic.