The COVID Project
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The record
- Jurisdiction
- New York State Education Department and Board of Regents; State level · New York
- Level
- State
- Authority
- N.Y. Educ. Law ss. 207, 305; Executive Order 202 series; DOH guidance of July 13, 2020
- Issued
- 2020-07-16 July 16, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-07-16 (plans and assurances due July 31, 2020; 2020-21 school year) (read as 2020-07-16)
- 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- 2020-21 school year; superseded by the 2021-22 DOH Interim Guidance for P-12 Schools (Ex.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) (read as 2021-06-30)
- In force
- July 16, 2020 to June 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all public school districts, BOCES, charter schools and nonpublic schools
- students, staff and visitors
- Functions reached
- 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' workforce
- CB families
- Character
- context
- Collection
- State education and higher-education authorities AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED
Operative words
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's 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 'the DOH guidance shall apply'
Notes
Governed 700 districts and 4,400 schools for 2020-21 alongside the DOH Interim Guidance (Ex. NY-122); New York City's DOE closures are in the NYC metro file
Retrieval noteExecutive summary, mandatory-requirements and face-covering sections read (145-page document, live copy). it is not itself an order, rule, directive, resolution or condition of a license or contract. Cite it as context and cite the underlying order or statute as the instrument).