{"id":"TX-052","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Texas","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Texas Education Agency (TEA)","authority":"Executive Orders GA-26, GA-28, GA-29, GA-30, GA-32 (\u0027Public schools may operate as provided by, and under the minimum standard health protocols found in, guidance issued by the Texas Education Agency\u0027); Tex. Educ. Code § 25.092","instrument":"SY 20-21 Public Health Planning Guidance (version of July 28, 2020; first issued July 7, 2020)","title":"SY 20-21 Public Health Planning Guidance","dateIssued":"2020-07-28","effective":"2020-07-28 (\u0027takes effect immediately\u0027)","end":"Superseded by later versions through the 2020-21 school year; mask provisions ended 2021-06-04 under GA-36","startDate":"2020-07-28","endDate":"2021-06-04","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["SCH","MASK","QUAR","EMP"],"addressees":["public school systems","teachers, staff, students, parents, visitors"],"clause":"School systems must provide on-campus attendance as an option for students otherwise entitled to attend school who follow this document\u0027s 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\u0027s executive order regarding the wearing of masks.","enforcement":"Required practices under TEA guidance carried by the Governor\u0027s executive orders; attendance funding rules","functions":["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"],"notes":"Texas schools operated the 2020-21 year under mandatory screening, exclusion, 14-day close-contact quarantine, GA-29 masking and remote-instruction options; the TEA guidance was updated repeatedly (Aug. 13, Dec. 10, 2020; Mar. 25, Apr. 8, 2021 per the TEA page)","sourceUrl":"https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/covid/SY-20-21-Public-Health-Guidance.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200728173402/https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/covid/SY-20-21-Public-Health-Guidance.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":257540,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TX","url":"/library/TX-052","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TX-052","citation":"Texas Education Agency (TEA), SY 20-21 Public Health Planning Guidance (version of July 28, 2020; first issued July 7, 2020) (Ex. TX-052)","stateName":"Texas","related":[]}