SY 20-21 Public Health Planning Guidance (version of July 28, 2020; first issued July 7, 2020)

The record

Jurisdiction

Texas

Level

Sector regulator

Authority

Executive Orders GA-26, GA-28, GA-29, GA-30, GA-32 ('Public schools may operate as provided by, and under the minimum standard health protocols found in, guidance issued by the Texas Education Agency'); Tex. Educ. Code § 25.092

Issued

2020-07-28 July 28, 2020

Effective

2020-07-28 ('takes effect immediately') (read as 2020-07-28)

End

Superseded by later versions through the 2020-21 school year; mask provisions ended 2021-06-04 under GA-36 (read as 2021-06-04)

In force

July 28, 2020 to June 4, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation

Addressees

• public school systems
• teachers, staff, students, parents, visitors

Functions reached

• IN in-person instruction (required option with protocols)
• RL remote learning (funded option; local online-only start permitted through the fall)
• WF workforce of every employer (children excluded 14 days after close contact; hybrid and remote schedules)
• EC extended care
• TR transport
• AC athletics

Collection

Texas TX

Operative words

School systems must provide on-campus attendance as an option for students otherwise entitled to attend school who follow this document's required public health procedures... School systems must require teachers and staff to self-screen for COVID-19 symptoms before coming onto campus each day... they must remain off campus until they meet the criteria for re-entry... [and] must report to the school system if they have had close contact with an individual who is lab-confirmed with COVID-19... and, if so, must remain off campus until the 14-day incubation period has passed.... Parents must ensure they do not send a child to school on campus if the child has COVID-19 symptoms or is lab-confirmed with COVID-19... Health and Hygiene Practices: Masks... 2. Schools are required to comply with the governor's executive order regarding the wearing of masks.

Enforcement

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