Cincinnati Public Schools’ amended safety protocols: What’s changed?

The Cincinnati Public Schools Board of Education amended the district's COVID-19 safety protocols during a Monday evening board meeting.

A controversial conversation regarding mandated COVID-19 vaccines for staff members was never officially voted on by the board. The district says more than 70% of its faculty and staff have been vaccinated.

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Last week Gov. Mike DeWine signed House Bill 244, which includes language that prevents public schools and universities from requiring COVID-19 vaccines because they were approved for emergency use authorization, a rigorous process that's short of full U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval. 

The bill will take 90 days to go into effect and vaccines could receive full FDA approval by then, making the language moot.