Mississippi Public Universities Banned From Mandating COVID-19 Vaccines

Vaccination cards are pictured at a vaccination site in a file photograph. Paul Raje/Reuters

Mississippi’s higher education governing board has voted to prohibit public universities in the state from requiring the COVID-19 vaccine for students, faculty, and staff.

At a Sept. 17 meeting, the Mississippi Board of Trustees of the Institutions of Higher Learning voted 8–1 to prohibit the vaccine as a condition of enrollment or employment, except at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and other clinical settings.