{"id":"VT-074","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Vermont","state":"VT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Secretary of Education French and Commissioner of Health Levine","authority":"Advisory; 18 V.S.A. ch. 21 (Health Department contact tracing)","instrument":"COVID-19 Advisory Memorandum, COVID-19 Contact Tracing for Fall 2021","title":"Schools to conduct internal contact tracing and issue Health Department quarantine letters to close contacts","dateIssued":"2021-08-19","effective":"Effective immediately (memo dated Aug. 19, 2021; posted Aug. 20)","end":"Updated Sept. 23, 2021","startDate":"2021-08-19","endDate":"2021-09-23","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["SCH","QUAR"],"addressees":["PreK-12 schools","students and staff identified as close contacts"],"clause":"PreK-12 schools will conduct internal contact tracing investigations when a student or staff was present in school or was at a school event while infectious... Notify close contacts at the school of their exposure using the \u0027quarantine letter\u0027 provided by the Health Department and provide testing guidance as needed.","enforcement":"Health Department contact tracing and quarantine recommendations administered through schools","functions":["WF workforce (parents of quarantined students; quarantined staff)","IN instruction","QUAR"],"notes":"Third-quarter 2021 quarantine mechanism for exposed students and staff.","sourceUrl":"https://education.vermont.gov/sites/aoe/files/documents/edu-vdh-memo-french-levine-advisory-covid19-fall-contact-tracing.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":182885,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"VT","url":"/library/VT-074","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/VT-074","citation":"Secretary of Education French and Commissioner of Health Levine, COVID-19 Advisory Memorandum, COVID-19 Contact Tracing for Fall 2021 (Aug. 19, 2021) (Ex. VT-074)","stateName":"Vermont","related":["VT-094","VT-075"]}