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School District and Charter School Re-entry Criteria (Return from Soft-Closure), as amended May 4, 2020

Minimum re-entry criteria for a return from soft closure to in-person instruction

Idaho State Board of Education · Idaho State Board of Education; State level (State)

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Jurisdiction
Idaho State Board of Education; State level · Idaho
Level
State
Authority
Idaho Const. art. IX, s. 2; Idaho Code s. 33-116
Issued
2020-05-04 May 4, 2020
Effective
2020-05-04 (original criteria adopted April 13, 2020) (read as 2020-05-04)
End
End of the 2019-20 school year; superseded for 2020-21 by the Back to School Framework (Ex. 005) (read as 2020-06-30)
In force
May 4, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureSchools and child careWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • school districts and charter schools
  • local public health districts
  • local boards of trustees
Functions reached
  • IN in-person instruction conditioned on stay-home orders lifting and health-district approval
  • RL remote learning continuing
  • EMP cleaning, disinfection and distancing protocols
  • WF parents' workforce
  • CB families
Collection
State education and higher-education authorities AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED

Operative words

In order to move from soft closure operations to normal operations for staff and students, school districts and charter schools shall consider relevant local factors to their situation in addition to meeting the minimum re-entry criteria established by the Idaho State Board of Education.... Idaho State Board of Education Minimum Re-entry Criteria: 1. No statewide stay-home orders are in place and schools have a physical distancing plan in place that has been approved by the local health district... 2. The statewide reopening criteria have been met as defined at rebound.idaho.gov... 3. Approval by the local public health district, after review of school district and charter school cleaning, disinfection, and physical distancing protocols... 4. Re-entry plan approved by the local board of trustees identifying minimum school protocols

Enforcement

Idaho Code s. 33-116 ('All school districts in Idaho, including specially chartered school districts, shall be under the supervision and control of the state Board'), quoted in the document

Notes

Ties the schools' reopening in terms to the Governor's Order to Self-Isolate and the Idaho Rebounds criteria; lists the required minimum school protocols (cleaning; vulnerable staff; absenteeism plan; communications; health-district point of contact)

Retrieval note

Text read in full (capture of May 21, 2020; the live URL now returns a 404 page).

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