Even after the vote, how the money is administered will still have to be worked out in an agreement between the Cantrell administration, the City Council and the French Quarter Management District.
The district has reported 370 cases in the early weeks of the school year, nearly half the total for all of last school year.
The policy would require central office staff to get vaccinated by the end of September.
The rules go into effect on Monday, Aug. 16.
Eight state prisoners are hospitalized. And the number of cases at the New Orleans jail remains the same, according to a lawyer for the Sheriff’s Office.
One New Orleans campus had to close its middle school due to a COVID-related staffing shortage. St. Tammany Parish schools reports 54 student cases, 26 staff cases.
Police can still cite people under state marijuana laws, but DA Jason Williams has said he will refuse minor drug cases.
Students with ‘exceptional circumstances’ can opt out but will be required to undergo regular COVID-19 testing.
The Cantrell administration said it would ask the City Council in September to increase the 2021 budget by $70 million.
Several venues have recently stopped operating after the city claimed they were out of compliance.
