{"id":"AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-046","kind":"context","level":"city","jurisdiction":"Houston Independent School District, Texas","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES","eco":"","issuer":"Houston ISD","authority":"Tex. Educ. Code § 11.151","instrument":"Message to HISD parents on in-person or virtual instruction selection (Sept. 16, 2020)","title":"Virtual instruction for the first six weeks; families required to elect in-person or virtual instruction for the second six weeks beginning October 19, 2020","dateIssued":"2020-09-16","effective":"2020-10-19","end":"2020-21 school year (elections by grading period)","startDate":"2020-10-19","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["SCH"],"addressees":["students","families"],"clause":"Starting with the second six weeks of the 2020-2021 school year, HISD families will be required to select either in-person or virtual instruction for students. The first day of the second six weeks is October 19. Parents will have from Monday, September 21, through Friday, September 25, to make their selection through the HISD Connect Parent Portal","enforcement":"District directive","functions":["IN","RL","WF","EC"],"notes":"HISD opened 2020-21 virtually on Sept. 8, 2020 under the Harris County health authority\u0027s order (MET-HOU-038) until that order was rescinded; in-person instruction began Oct. 19, 2020 for those who elected it.","sourceUrl":"https://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/4/_emailblast/091620_virtualinstruction_eng.html","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20201024/https://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/4/_emailblast/091620_virtualinstruction_eng.html","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":67871,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES","url":"/library/AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-046","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-046","citation":"Houston ISD, Message to HISD parents on in-person or virtual instruction selection (Sept. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-046)","stateName":"Texas","related":["MET-HOU-038"]}