The health and wellness of our students, faculty, and staff are our highest priority, and City Colleges of Chicago continues to follow the health and safety guidelines outlined by the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH).

As such, the following measures have been implemented across all seven City Colleges and at the District Office:

To better protect our college community from the latest variant of COVID-19, all City Colleges faculty, staff, and students, regardless of vaccination status, must take part in a weekly COVID-19 testing program through February 25, 2022. Faculty and staff must test weekly from January 3^rd through at least February 25^th. Students must test weekly starting the week of their first in-person Spring class through at least February 25^th.

City Colleges offers on-campus testing options at each of our seven main campuses and five satellite locations, and faculty, staff, and students may test at any of the locations. Regular testing contributes to keeping everyone at City Colleges safe by identifying asymptomatic individuals that could be carrying the virus.

At this time, only those students/employees who are learning/working 100% remotely or those who have tested positive for COVID in the last 90 days are exempt. Employees out of the office for a full week with use of personal days, floating holidays, vacation, or an approved leave of absence will be excused from that week’s testing.

Students without an approved exemption that do not test as required will be subject to discipline, up to and including loss of access to their college and classes. Employees without an approved exemption that do not test as required will be subject to discipline, up to and including suspension and termination.

The testing lab staff will be on City Colleges campuses based on the schedule below. You only need to test once per week.

Prior to your first appointment, please click and complete this pre-registration form. Pre-registration is required to ensure the lab has the necessary personal and contact information. This form will cover required consents and only needs to be completed once.

Please find the testing schedule below, and click on a link to schedule a specific testing appointment time for each week.

Monitor yourself for COVID-19 symptoms, especially after attending a large gathering, traveling, or pursuing other high-risk activities. 

If you’re feeling sick, stay at home and get tested, even if you have been vaccinated.

In the unfortunate event you test positive for COVID-19, stay at home, and please contact your HR Business Partner (for employees) or Dean of Student Services (for students). The appropriate contact information is listed below. They will work with you confidentially to coordinate leave and provide any needed support. City Colleges Security will also contact you to conduct contact tracing and make necessary reports to the Chicago Department of Public Health. Your cooperation with contact tracing is another important means of helping to stop the spread of COVID-19.

*In addition to notifying your assigned HR Business Partner, we also recommend that employees copy leavemanagement@ccc.edu on their COVID-19 notification message.