{"id":"AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-010","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Texas Education Agency (Commissioner of Education); State level","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED","eco":"","issuer":"Texas Education Agency, Commissioner Mike Morath","authority":"Tex. Educ. Code ss. 7.021, 7.055; Executive Order GA-29","instrument":"SY 20-21 Public Health Planning Guidance (version of July 28, 2020; first issued July 7, 2020)","title":"Public health planning requirements for the 2020-21 school year: posted mitigation plans, staff self-screening, exclusion of symptomatic and exposed persons, closure protocols, compliance with the Governor\u0027s mask order","dateIssued":"2020-07-28","effective":"Immediately (summer school 2020 and the 2020-21 school year)","end":"Revised through the 2020-21 year; mask provision ended with GA-34 (March 10, 2021); superseded for 2021-22 by TEA\u0027s Public Health Guidance of August-September 2021 (Ex. TX-053)","startDate":"2020-07-28","endDate":"2021-03-10","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["SCH","EMP","MASK","QUAR"],"addressees":["all Texas public school systems","teachers, staff and students","parents and visitors"],"clause":"School systems must post for parents and the general public, one week prior to the start of on-campus activities and instruction, a summary of the plan they will follow to mitigate COVID-19 spread in their schools... School systems must require teachers and staff to self-screen for COVID-19 symptoms before coming onto campus each day... Schools are required to comply with the governor\u0027s executive order regarding the wearing of masks.... When it is impractical for students to wear masks or face shields during those activities, schools must require students, teachers, staff, and visitors to wear masks or face shields when entering and exiting facilities... during a period up to the first four weeks of school, which can be extended by an additional four weeks by vote of the school board, school systems may temporarily limit access to on-campus instruction.","enforcement":"Tex. Educ. Code s. 7.028 (agency monitoring), s. 39.057 (special investigations); attendance funding under Tex. Educ. Code ch. 42/48 conditioned on compliance; GA-29 s. (penalty) fine up to $250 for repeat mask violations","functions":["IN in-person instruction (transition periods of remote-only start up to eight weeks)","RL virtual instruction on parental request","EMP screening, exclusion, notice and closure protocols","MASK under GA-29","AC non-UIL extracurricular activities","WF parents\u0027 workforce","CB families"],"notes":"The TEA instrument that governed the largest State school system\u0027s reopening; UIL athletics were governed separately (records 062-064); TX-053 is the 2021-22 successor","sourceUrl":"https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/covid/SY-20-21-Public-Health-Guidance.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200728173402/https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/covid/SY-20-21-Public-Health-Guidance.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":257540,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED","url":"/library/AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-010","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-010","citation":"Texas Education Agency, Commissioner Mike Morath, SY 20-21 Public Health Planning Guidance (version of July 28, 2020; first issued July 7, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-010)","stateName":"Texas","related":["TX-053"]}