First on Fox: Legislators will introduce a bill on Monday to place legal force behind President Donald Trump’s executive order, prohibiting federal funds from traveling to universities that still authorize coronavirus vaccines.
R-Ind. Mark Messmer and R-Texas' August Pfluger will put a vaccine-free claim in the Higher Education Act, noting that former President Joe Biden ended the formal national emergency of Covid-19 in April 2023.
In a comment to Fox News Digital, Pfluger said the pandemic “opened Pandora’s box, giving a lengthy list of governments, institutions and companies.”
“When we work to restore common sense and freedom to return to the American people, I am proud to co-lead this legislation to ensure that universities no longer force their students to receive the Covid-19-19-tace vaccine,” he said.
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President Donald Trump's executive order prohibits federal funds from traveling to universities that still authorize coronavirus vaccines. (Getty/Reuters)
"No federal funding may be provided for any higher education institution that requires its students or employees to receive a Covid-19 vaccine as a condition of admission or employment, or to receive any benefits, services or contracts," the bill reads.
In February, Trump wrote critically that some institutions were “regulating their education” based on the experience of Covid Jab.
"Parents and young people should obtain accurate data on the risks of remotely severe illness related to children and young people, and how to mitigate these risks through various measures and make the decisions accordingly," Trump wrote in his order.
“Given the extremely low risk of severe Covid-19 disease in children and young people, threats to keep them out are an unbearable infringement of personal freedom. This demand usurps the authority of parents and the burden of many faiths.”
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A survey of the Best Universities lists 15 schools nationwide, especially in California, Georgia and Pennsylvania, that still have their Covid vaccine requirements in full.
During the federal coronavirus emergency, some universities, including Columbia, New York City, need not only the Covid-19-19 vaccine, but subsequent boosters, as well as boosters for at least some of the student population.
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According to the 2022 notice from the Ivy League agency, in the case of Colombia, booster dose proof is required.
Princeton University, New Jersey, needs boosters to be available for the 2022 campus semester.
“Compliance with vaccine policies is necessary to maintain access to campus facilities and continue student progress,” a statement from the semester said.
Cornell University in New York also has to undergo weekly COVID-19 PCR tests.