Covid-19 Updates
Up-to-date information for students and employees
Up-to-date information for students and employees
Grossmont College, the nation's leading transfer school to San Diego State University, has fully reopened for on-campus classes and services. While vaccinations are no longer required, anyone who is in a classroom or in a student-support area such as a library or counseling office must be masked.
At Grossmont College, we have a schedule that can fit your schedule with classes that are both online and in-person. In addition, through the Grossmont-Cuyamaca College Promise, the first two years of instruction are tuition-free for first-time, full-time students.
At the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District, your health and safety are our top priorities. That is why we are requiring all students enrolled in on-campus classes or seeking in-person services to wear a mask.
The following FAQs are a resource for quick information. If you have a question not
addressed here, it may be submitted to vaccines@gcccd.edu. We will do our best to keep these FAQs current and updated regularly.
Q: Are vaccines required?
A: Students are no longer required to be vaccinated beginning with the fall, 2022, semester. However, Grossmont College strongly urges
everyone to be fully vaccinated for their own protection and the protection of others.
Q. Are students required to be vaccinated to meet with a counselor?
A: No. However, anyone who is not vaccinated must wear a mask at all times while
indoors. Everyone, vaccinated or not, must wear a mask while in a classroom or student-support
area.
Q: What is the requirement for dual enrollment students who are taking Grossmont
College classes at the high school? What about work experience courses?
A: If you are enrolled in college courses on your high school campus, please follow
your high school’s policies and protocols. If you are taking a work-experience class
and no other on-campus classes, please follow the policies and protocols of your work
environment.
If there are questions not answered here, please submit them to vaccines@gcccd.edu
Students who are unvaccinated must wear a mask while on campus. For those who are vaccinated, masks are now only required in instructional and student support areas. Elsewhere, masks are optional for vaccinated students.
If a student is unable to wear a face covering due to a disability predicated on an accessibility need, please contact the Accessibility Resource Center 619-644-7112.There is no religious exemption for wearing a mask on campus.
Persistent and substantial violations will be processed through the formal Student Code of Conduct Student Code of Conduct student conduct process.
For additional information on protocol, please visit any of the following webpages: GCCCD Campus Repopulation Planning Framework, Face Covering Video and Social Distance and Face Covering Training.
Regardless of vaccine status, complete the following instructions if you believe you were exposed to someone with COVID-19:
1. You do not need to quarantine if you are asymptomatic.
2. Take a COVID-19 test within 3-5 days of the last exposure.
3. Close contacts should wear a well-fitting mask around others for a total of 10 days, especially in indoor settings.
4. If you develop symptoms or your COVID-19 test result is positive, isolate yourself and contact the Grossmont College Health and Wellness Center at 619-644-7192 or grossmont.health@gcccd.edu or the Cuyamaca College Health and Wellness Center at 619-660-4200 or cuyamaca.wellness@gcccd.edu
Grossmont College students can use a checklist on this page, and Cuyamaca College students can use this checklist of potential signs or symptoms of COVID-19.
Questions regarding exposure should be directed to Student Health & Wellness at 619-644-7192 or grossmont.health@gcccd.edu.
How to submit proof of vaccination
Please submit one of the following: (Acceptable file types no larger than 10 MB: pdf, jpg, png, gif, bmp, bm, tif, tiff)
- A scan/photo of the front of your COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card. (must include the dates of vaccination and the manufacturer brand – Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson)
- A photo of your Digital COVID-19 Vaccine Record(QR Code) from the California Immunization Registry; (must include the dates of vaccination and the manufacturer brand – Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson)
- A medical statement from your doctor
Upload documentation to Colleague/Self-Service here
Antigen tests (at-home tests), which are recommended by Cal/OSHA to determine if someone is infected with COVID-19, can be requested from the following locations: