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Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-011 Order Primary source read

Starting the 2020-21 School Year, Part 3 - Transition Joint Guidance (June 23, 2020)

Phase 4 requirements for in-person instruction: face coverings, no more than fifty individuals in one space, symptom screening, distancing and enhanced cleaning; blended remote learning days

Illinois State Board of Education (State Superintendent Carmen I. Ayala) and Illinois Department of Public Health, with the Transition Advisory Workgroup · Illinois State Board of Education and Illinois Department of Public Health; State level (State)

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Jurisdiction
Illinois State Board of Education and Illinois Department of Public Health; State level · Illinois
Level
State
Authority
Executive Orders 2020-40 and 2020-47; 105 ILCS 5/2-3.25; 20 ILCS 2305/2
Issued
2020-06-23 June 23, 2020
Effective
2020-06-26 (Phase 4; made mandatory by EO 2020-47) (read as 2020-06-26)
End
2021-06-11 (Phase 5); superseded by the 2021-22 IDPH/ISBE guidance and EO 2021-18 (read as 2021-06-11)
In force
June 26, 2020 to June 11, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all public and nonpublic P-12 schools
  • students, staff and visitors
Functions reached
  • IN in-person instruction (fifty-person cap, distancing)
  • RL blended remote learning days (five clock hours)
  • TR transportation
  • FS food service
  • AC extracurriculars, PE and athletics
  • EC before- and after-care
  • EMP screening, PPE and cleaning
  • WF parents' workforce
  • CB families
Collection
State education and higher-education authorities AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED

Operative words

In-person instruction may resume as regions transition to Phase 4. Districts must follow IDPH guidelines... During Phase 4, IDPH guidelines will: Require use of appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE), including face coverings; Prohibit more than 50 individuals from gathering in one space; Require social distancing be observed, as much as possible; Require that schools conduct symptom screenings and temperature checks or require that individuals self-certify that they are free of symptoms before entering school buildings; and Require an increase in schoolwide cleaning and disinfection.... The State Superintendent has determined that Remote and Blended Remote Learning Days must ensure at least 5 clock hours of instruction or school work for each student.

Enforcement

Executive Order 2020-47 s. 1 (in-person instruction permitted only in accordance with IDPH and ISBE guidance); 20 ILCS 2305/8.1 (IDPH enforcement); 77 Ill. Adm. Code Part 690 emergency amendments (Ex. IL-021) (enforcement of face-covering and gathering requirements against schools); ISBE recognition under 23 Ill. Adm. Code 1.20

Notes

The fifty-person cap and face-covering requirement governed every Illinois school building for the 2020-21 year; the FAQ and the IDPH memo on face-covering tolerance were companion documents on ISBE's index

Retrieval note

Executive summary and Phase 4 overview read (60-page document, capture of June 24, 2020).

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