{"id":"AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-016","kind":"context","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New York State Education Department and Board of Regents; State level","state":"NY","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED","eco":"","issuer":"New York State Education Department (Interim Commissioner Shannon Tahoe) and the Board of Regents (Chancellor Betty A. Rosa)","authority":"N.Y. Educ. Law ss. 207, 305; Executive Order 202 series; DOH guidance of July 13, 2020","instrument":"Recovering, Rebuilding, and Renewing: The Spirit of New York\u0027s Schools - Reopening Guidance (July 16, 2020)","title":"Reopening guidance for the 2020-21 school year: mandatory plan elements (health checks, distancing, face coverings, cleaning, transportation, daily engagement reporting), assurances due July 31, 2020","dateIssued":"2020-07-16","effective":"2020-07-16 (plans and assurances due July 31, 2020; 2020-21 school year)","end":"2020-21 school year; superseded by the 2021-22 DOH Interim Guidance for P-12 Schools (Ex. NY-076) and 10 NYCRR 2.60 (Ex. ECO-B-054)","startDate":"2020-07-16","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["SCH","MASK","EMP","GATH"],"addressees":["all public school districts, BOCES, charter schools and nonpublic schools","students, staff and visitors"],"clause":"Focused on preventive actions, schools and districts will be required to perform health checks and screenings, per DOH guidance, and recognize signs and symptoms of illness in students and staff; develop plans to maximize social distancing; develop plans to manage and isolate ill persons until they can be sent home; instruct students and staff in proper hand and respiratory hygiene; require wearing appropriate face coverings; and develop cleaning and disinfection procedures... Each district will be required to: perform regular school bus disinfection measures; train students and school bus staff regarding social distancing on the bus... Both students and drivers will wear masks and social distance on the bus.... All students and staff members must wear cloth face coverings... Schools must provide acceptable face covering to employees... per Executive Order 202.16.... by July 31, 2020 LEAs must complete the survey to provide... A set of mandatory assurances completed by the Chief Executive Officer affirming that the LEA will address, in each re-opening plan, all of the mandatory elements outlined in this guidance document.","enforcement":"N.Y. Educ. Law s. 305 (Commissioner\u0027s supervisory authority); s. 306 (removal of school officers); DOH guidance enforceable under Executive Order 202 and Public Health Law s. 12; the document provides that where NYSED and DOH guidance differ \u0027the DOH guidance shall apply\u0027","functions":["IN in-person instruction (distancing, face coverings)","RL remote and hybrid instruction (daily engagement reporting)","TR transportation (masks and distancing on buses)","FS food service","AC athletics and extracurriculars","EMP screening, isolation and cleaning","WF parents\u0027 workforce","CB families"],"notes":"Governed 700 districts and 4,400 schools for 2020-21 alongside the DOH Interim Guidance (Ex. NY-122); New York City\u0027s DOE closures are in the NYC metro file","sourceUrl":"http://www.nysed.gov/common/nysed/files/programs/reopening-schools/nys-p12-school-reopening-guidance.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":7509499,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED","url":"/library/AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-016","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-016","citation":"New York State Education Department (Interim Commissioner Shannon Tahoe) and the Board of Regents (Chancellor Betty A. Rosa), Recovering, Rebuilding, and Renewing: The Spirit of New York\u0027s Schools - Reopening Guidance (July 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-016)","stateName":"New York","related":["NY-076","ECO-B-054","NY-122"]}