Prompted by an increase in COVID-19 cases across California, more of the state’s community colleges are announcing that they will require students and employees to be vaccinated against the virus this fall.

The Los Angeles Community College District, the largest in the state, approved a policy Aug. 4 that requires students and employees who will be on campus at any of the district’s nine colleges to either be fully vaccinated or undergo regular COVID-19 testing. The policy is expected to take effect within two months. The board of trustees for Cerritos College in Los Angeles County approved a similar policy that same night that will take effect Sept. 30.

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