4,306 Sac State students failed to meet the Sept. 13 deadline to self-certify their COVID-19 vaccination status, according to an email from Vice President of Student Affairs Ed Mills.

These students have all been contacted and are now denied access to campus, according to Mills. They can fix their status this week by self-certifying their vaccination status in their Student Center.

The four options students can select when they certify are:

• They have received an approved COVID-19 vaccine, with the final dose administered at least 14 days before certification in order for them to be considered fully vaccinated.
• They qualify for a medical exemption.
• They qualify for a religious exemption.
• They do not plan to access campus or any campus programs and will revise their certification before accessing campus or a campus program.  This includes any students taking only online classes.

Students who declare an exemption will receive “immediate information” on COVID-19 testing on campus, according to Mills, as they will be required to be tested for COVID-19 twice a week.

Students who do not self-certify their status or enroll themselves in the on-campus testing program by Sept. 27 will have their in-person courses administratively dropped, according to Mills’ email.