{"id":"MET-BOS-059","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"City of Somerville, Massachusetts","state":"MA","metro":"BOS","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health","authority":"G.L. c. 111, ss. 95-105; 310 CMR 11.05; 105 CMR 300.200; G.L. c. 111, s. 30","instrument":"Emergency Order Requiring Testing in Schools for In-Person Learning","title":"City of Somerville Mayor and Board of Health Emergency Order Requiring Testing in Schools for In-Person Learning","dateIssued":"2020-11-02","effective":"2020-11-02 (institutions already open in person had until Dec. 1, 2020 to submit a compliant plan)","end":"Not verified (school-year 2020-21)","startDate":"2020-11-02","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["SCH","EMP","QUAR"],"addressees":["any K-12 educational institution in Somerville (public and private)","all teachers, employees and any other individuals providing services in the school buildings"],"clause":"1. Prior to opening for in-person learning, any K-12 educational institution in Somerville must submit to the Board of Health for review a COVID-19 transmission prevention plan... 2. The plan must require ongoing testing of all teachers, employees, and any other individuals providing services in the school building(s). 3. The plan must provide a detailed testing protocol to identify and swiftly isolate asymptomatic, pre-symptomatic, and symptomatic students who are COVID-19 positive.... 5.... a. Reporting identified positive cases to the Director of Health and Human Services within 24 hours b. Student and staff requirements for masks... e. Students\u0027 compliance with the Governor\u0027s order on the 2020 seasonal flu vaccine","enforcement":"Board of Health plan review as a condition of in-person operation","functions":["IN in-person instruction conditioned on testing plan","HR staff testing","WF (parents\u0027 child-care availability)","vendors providing services in school buildings"],"notes":"Reaches private schools and every contractor \u0027providing services in the school building(s)\u0027.","sourceUrl":"https://www.somervillema.gov/sites/default/files/boh-order-school-testing-final-11-2-2020.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":142350,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-BOS","url":"/library/MET-BOS-059","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-BOS-059","citation":"Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health, Emergency Order Requiring Testing in Schools for In-Person Learning (Nov. 2, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-059)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":["MET-BOS-058"]}