The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- New York City Department of Education (New York City public schools), New York (city school district) · New York
- Level
- City
- Authority
- Educ. Law § 2590-h; NYC Charter § 556; Health Code § 3.01(d)
- Issued
- 2021-08-26 Aug. 26, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-09-13 (first day of school); vaccination first dose by 2021-09-27 (read as 2021-09-13)
- End
- Vaccination requirement for DOE staff continued into 2022; masking in schools ended Mar. 7, 2022 (read as 2022-03-07)
- In force
- Sept. 13, 2021 to Mar. 7, 2022
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- all DOE staff
- contractors in DOE buildings
- students
- visitors
- Functions reached
- HR staff and contractor vaccination and exclusion
- WF workforce of contractors (food service, custodial, bus, construction) at 1,600 buildings
- IN in-person instruction under masking and testing
- EC child care
- Collection
- Local districts and authorities AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES
Operative words
Due to the incredible safety vaccination provides, all DOE staff and contractors in DOE buildings are required to have their first dose by September 27th and upload proof of vaccination to the DOE Vaccination portal.... Universal mask usage, physical distancing, health screenings, testing, increased hygiene, and oversight by the Situation Room worked together to provide comprehensive protection
Enforcement
Commissioner's Order under Health Code § 3.01(d) (MET-NYC-040 to 042): unvaccinated employees excluded from buildings; contractors barred from DOE premises
Notes
The nation's largest district (about 1 million students; about 150,000 employees). The contractor clause reached every vendor whose employees enter DOE buildings.
Retrieval noteThe Department's own announcement; the underlying Commissioner's Orders are MET-NYC-040 to 042. The May 24, 2021 announcement that every student returns in person in September with no remote option (Ex. 039) was read only in part and could not be rendered.