Staff at St. Louis metro school district will have to get vaccine or face weekly tests
Staff members in the Ferguson-Florissant School District must either get the COVID-19 vaccine or be tested weekly for the virus, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The school district, northwest of St. Louis, is the first in the St. Louis metro area to require staff vaccinations. In Illinois, Chicago Public Schools staff were the first to have a vaccine requirement.
Ferguson-Florissant is not requiring the COVID vaccination for students, but is strongly encouraging it for students who are 12 years and older, according to KSDK 5.
Illinois school districts do not have the authority to require student vaccinations on their own. Vaccine requirements for students are set at the state level.