SAFETY PROTOCOLS | REPORTING COVID-19 Anyone who becomes aware of someone with test-confirmed COVID-19 or who reports close contact with someone with test-confirmed COVID-19 should: • Immediately report the information to the campus Principal. • Discussions of this nature are very sensitive, confidential, and will be treated as such. • Any necessary notifications to staff or parents will be made by the District, based on guidance from the local health department. Notifications will be made in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, including confidentiality requirements of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
STUDENTS WITH TEST-CONFIRMED COVID-19
1. The campus principal will notify the Executive Director of Administrative Services of positive test-confirmed student cases and provide the following information: • Student’s name • Student’s grade • Copy of the positive test (The copy of the positive test will be accepted as a physician’s note.) 2. The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) requires schools to exclude students from attending school in person who are actively sick with COVID-19 or who have received a positive test result for COVID-19. • Per CDC, regardless of vaccination status, the student should stay home for five (5) days. If the student does not have symptoms or symptoms are resolved after five (5) days, the student may return. UPDATED: 1.4.22 • Per CDC, the student is encouraged to continue wearing a face covering around others for five (5) additional days after returning to school. • If the student has a fever, they should continue to stay home until the fever resolves. • Parents should also follow their medical provider's recommendations. 3. This will be counted as an absence. • Doctor’s Note after an Absence for Illness (All Grade Levels) - Within three (3) days of returning to school, a student absent for more than three (3) consecutive days because of a personal illness must bring a statement from a doctor or health clinic verifying the illness or condition that caused the student’s extended absence from school. Otherwise, the student’s absence may be considered unexcused and, if so, would be considered to be in violation of compulsory attendance laws. – Student Handbook pg. 37.
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