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Health Directive: universal indoor masking and quarantine in all K-12 public schools

Bexar County Health Authority Health Directive Dated August 10, 2021

C. Junda Woo, MD, MPH, Local Health Authority for Bexar County and the City of San Antonio · Bexar County and City of San Antonio (Local Health Authority) (County)

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Jurisdiction
Bexar County and City of San Antonio (Local Health Authority) · San Antonio · Texas
Level
County
Authority
Tex. Health & Safety Code 81.082
Issued
2021-08-10 Aug. 10, 2021
Effective
2021-08-10 (immediately); adopted countywide by NW-21 sec. IV effective 2021-08-11 (read as 2021-08-10)
End
Replaced by the Health Advisory of October 1, 2021 (Ex. 073) (read as 2021-10-01)
In force
Aug. 10, 2021 to Oct. 1, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementSchools and child careQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • all public schools offering instruction in grades pre-kindergarten through 12; their students, staff, teachers and visitors
Functions reached
  • IN in-person instruction (masking condition)
  • QUAR quarantine of unvaccinated close contacts
  • WF workforce (parents of quarantined students; school staff)
  • AC events
Collection
San Antonio MET-SAT

Operative words

issues this Directive pursuant to the Texas Health & Safety Code 81.082 imposing requirements on all public schools ('Schools') offering instruction to students in any grades from pre-kindergarten through grade 12, effective immediately: Universal indoor masking. Schools shall follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations for universal indoor masking and require all students (age 2 and older), staff, teachers, and visitors to K-12 schools, regardless of vaccination status, to wear a face mask indoors... Unvaccinated individuals who are determined to be in close contact with a COVID-19 positive person shall quarantine for 14 days after their last contact... Students, staff, teachers, and visitors shall remain off campus and not attend any school-sponsored events during their quarantine period.

Enforcement

Tex. Health & Safety Code ch. 81 control measures; GA-38 sec. 3(g) fine asserted by the State against conflicting local requirements

Notes

The Q3 2021 school instrument for the metro; GA-38 was enforceable against it after August 26, 2021 (Exs. 071, 075).