Citrus College students will not be required to take a COVID-19 test for on-campus classes beginning this fall semester.
Voluntary testing will be available at the Student Health Center. Students have the option to receive a COVID-19 antigen testing kit or have it administered on-site, according to the Citrus College Coronavirus Information and Updates website.
The Student Health Center is on the first floor of the Student Services building.
Daily Pre-Screening, a Citrus Mobile app feature that students fill out to affirm their health for the day, will remain required for students taking in-person classes. If a student obtains the necessary green pass, they must still scan the QR code outside the building before entering.
With testing becoming voluntary, the daily pre-screening feature now shows five questions from the original eight.
Now, students must attest they have not tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 10 days, are symptom-free and have answered these questions truthfully.
Students who have tested positive for COVID-19 must report their case to the Student Health Center or by emailing Citrus College Nurse Shauna Bigby at shc@citruscollege.edu.
Since students have returned to campus after the March 2020 shutdown, COVID-19 testing was mandatory to attend classes at the college.
From the fall 2021 semester to the spring 2022 semester, students took a COVID-19 rapid test at the Haugh Performing Arts Center for weekly clearance.
In the summer 2022 semester, the testing center was relocated to the Campus Center with the weekly rapid test being replaced with a COVID-19 PCR test. The PCR tests would give students their results after two to three days.
For more information, go to the Citrus College Coronavirus Information and Updates page and follow the Clarion for continued COVID-19 coverage.
