Health Directive: universal indoor masking and quarantine in all K-12 public schools

The record

Jurisdiction

Bexar County and City of San Antonio (Local Health Authority) · San Antonio · Texas

Level

County

Authority

Tex. Health & Safety Code 81.082

Issued

2021-08-10 Aug. 10, 2021

Effective

2021-08-10 (immediately); adopted countywide by NW-21 sec. IV effective 2021-08-11 (read as 2021-08-10)

End

Replaced by the Health Advisory of October 1, 2021 (Ex. 073) (read as 2021-10-01)

In force

Aug. 10, 2021 to Oct. 1, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Face-covering requirementSchools and child careQuarantine and isolation

Addressees

• all public schools offering instruction in grades pre-kindergarten through 12; their students, staff, teachers and visitors

Functions reached

• IN in-person instruction (masking condition)
• QUAR quarantine of unvaccinated close contacts
• WF workforce (parents of quarantined students; school staff)
• AC events

Collection

San Antonio MET-SAT

Operative words

issues this Directive pursuant to the Texas Health & Safety Code 81.082 imposing requirements on all public schools ('Schools') offering instruction to students in any grades from pre-kindergarten through grade 12, effective immediately: Universal indoor masking. Schools shall follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations for universal indoor masking and require all students (age 2 and older), staff, teachers, and visitors to K-12 schools, regardless of vaccination status, to wear a face mask indoors... Unvaccinated individuals who are determined to be in close contact with a COVID-19 positive person shall quarantine for 14 days after their last contact... Students, staff, teachers, and visitors shall remain off campus and not attend any school-sponsored events during their quarantine period.

Enforcement

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