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 DSHS, a symptomatic student must be excluded from school until at least 10 days have passed since symptom onset, fever free, and other symptoms have improved. Children who test positive but do not have any symptoms must stay home until at least 10 days after the day they were tested. 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.

FRENSHIP ISD COVID-19 DASHBOARD A Frenship ISD COVID-19 Dashboard is available on the district website at www.Frenship.net. The Frenship ISD COVID-19 Dashboard provides an up-to-date overview on the current test-confirmed positive COVID-19 cases across the district at each campus. This general information is presented for parent, staff, and community notification purposes.

The dashboard is updated each school day by 1 p.m. Cases that occur over the weekend or during a holiday are updated on the next school day.

REPORTING CASES TO THE STATE The Frenship ISD Administrative and Student Services will continue to update the reporting list for TEA each Monday morning for the seven (7) days prior.