{"id":"NC-072","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"North Carolina","state":"NC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services","authority":"Made binding on schools by EO 215 sec. 2 and EO 220 (through July 30, 2021); thereafter incorporated through local board policies under S.L. 2021-130 sec. 10 and S.L. 2021-4 secs. 1-2 (Plan A/B definitions)","instrument":"StrongSchoolsNC Public Health Toolkit (K-12), Interim Guidance, published June 2020, updated July 21 and August 10, 2021","title":"StrongSchoolsNC: Public Health Toolkit (K-12) Interim Guidance","dateIssued":"2021-08-10","effective":"2021-07-30 (July 21, 2021 update); 2021-08-10 (this version)","end":"2021-2022 school year","startDate":"2021-07-30","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["SCH","MASK","QUAR"],"addressees":["public and non-public K-12 schools"],"clause":"The StrongSchoolsNC Public Health Toolkit was updated on July 21 to align to the CDC Guidance for COVID-19 Prevention in K-12 Schools updated on July 9, 2021. To allow for operational transition time, [the requirements took effect July 30, 2021]... Added modified quarantine guidance for students after a close contact in which both people were wearing masks... Recommend that everyone wear a face covering outdoors [where distancing cannot be maintained]","enforcement":"Binding through EO 215/220 until July 30, 2021 (Class 2 misdemeanor); thereafter through local board policies and S.L. 2021-130 sec. 3 reporting of shifts to remote instruction due to exposures and quarantines","functions":["IN in-person instruction","RL remote learning on quarantine","WF workforce (staff and parents)","AC athletics and activities"],"notes":"Ballotpedia (July 22, 2021): the July 21 guidance, effective July 30, says districts should require K-8 students to wear masks indoors and unvaccinated high school students to wear masks indoors.","sourceUrl":"https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/media/164/open","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210810182058/https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/media/164/open","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":892322,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NC","url":"/library/NC-072","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NC-072","citation":"North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, StrongSchoolsNC Public Health Toolkit (K-12), Interim Guidance, published June 2020, updated July 21 and August 10, 2021 (Aug. 10, 2021) (Ex. NC-072)","stateName":"North Carolina","related":["DUT-NC-007"]}