{"id":"FL-033","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Florida","state":"FL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Department of Health, Division of Disease Control","authority":"s. 1003.22(3), Fla. Stat.; s. 120.54(4); EO 21-175","instrument":"Emergency Rule 64DER21-15","title":"Protocols for Controlling COVID-19 in School Settings (repealing and replacing 64DER21-12)","dateIssued":"2021-09-22","effective":"2021-09-22 (published F.A.R. Sept. 23, 2021, Vol. 47/185)","end":"In force through Q3 2021 and beyond (later superseded by permanent rule)","startDate":"2021-09-22","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["SCH","QUAR","MASK"],"addressees":["all public schools and school districts","students and parents"],"clause":"(1)(d) Schools may adopt requirements for students to wear masks or facial coverings as a mitigation measure; however, the school must allow for a parent or legal guardian of the student to opt the student out of wearing a face covering or mask at the parent or legal guardian\u0027s sole discretion.... (2)... Schools will ensure students experiencing any symptoms consistent with COVID-19 or who have received a positive diagnostic test for COVID-19 shall not attend school... (3)... Schools shall allow parents or legal guardians the authority to choose how their child receives education after having direct contact with an individual that is positive for COVID-19: (a)... may choose one of the following options: 1. Allow the student to attend school... so long as the student remains asymptomatic; or 2. Quarantine the student for a period of time not to exceed seven days from the date of last direct contact... EFFECTIVE DATE: September 22, 2021","enforcement":"s. 1003.22(3); State Board of Education sanctions","functions":["WF parents (quarantine choice; symptomatic exclusion)","IN in-person instruction","SCH masking opt-out"],"notes":"The rule\u0027s preamble records that under 64DER21-12 \u0027a large number of students have been required to quarantine for long periods of time, resulting in the loss of hundreds of thousands of days of in-person learning\u0027 (Aug. 6-Sept. 22, 2021).","sourceUrl":"https://www.flrules.org/gateway/notice_Files.asp?ID=25054923","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1090210,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FL","url":"/library/FL-033","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FL-033","citation":"Department of Health, Division of Disease Control, Emergency Rule 64DER21-15 (Sept. 22, 2021) (Ex. FL-033)","stateName":"Florida","related":["DUT-FL-001","SEC-19-GM-010","FL-063","FL-032"]}