<p>As of April 12, 2021, the COVID-19 School Health Policy went into effect. You may read the April 9, 2021 Update for Families from Chancellor Porter and Health Commissioner Chokshi at these links in <a href="https://www.schools.nyc.gov/docs/default-source/default-document-library/family-letters/update-for-families-april-9-2021">English</a>, <a href="https://www.schools.nyc.gov/docs/default-source/default-document-library/family-letters/32560-family-letter-04-09-chinese">Chinese</a>, <a href="https://infohub.nyced.org/docs/default-source/doe-employees-only/31832_mandatory-health-screening-assessment-poster_korean">Korean</a>, <a href="https://infohub.nyced.org/docs/default-source/doe-employees-only/31832_mandatory-health-screening-assessment-poster_bengali-bangla">Bengali</a> and <a href="https://www.schools.nyc.gov/docs/default-source/default-document-library/family-letters/32560-family-letter-04-09-spanish">Spanish</a>. There are other languages available including <a href="https://vimeo.com/534966303">American Sign Language video</a> at this <a href="https://infohub.nyced.org/school-year-2020-21/return-to-school-2020/health-and-safety/covid-19-school-health-policy">link</a>.</p><p>In summary:</p><p>1. There is no change to classroom closures. If there is at least one confirmed positive case in a class, regardless of the source of infection, impacted students will quarantine for 10 calendar days and transition to remote learning during this time. </p><p>2. If there are 2 or more positive cases in different classrooms within a school over a 7-day period, in addition to closing the impacted classrooms, COVID-19 surveillance testing will double from 20% to 40% of students and staff in the school on the next regularly scheduled weekly random testing day. </p><p>a. As a reminder, testing only applies to students in grades 1 through 12. </p><p>3. If there are 4 or more confirmed cases in different classrooms within a school over a 7-day period that can be traced to a known exposure within the school, the entire school will close for 10 calendar days and transition to remote learning. </p><p>4. Additionally, schools will no longer close for 24 hours while investigations take place. </p><p>As a reminder, staff who are vaccinated do not have to quarantine in the event a class or school closure takes place, and may continue to work in-person. </p><p>A more detailed explanation can be found at <a href="https://www.schools.nyc.gov/about-us/news/chancellor-s-message-for-families">https://www.schools.nyc.gov/about-us/news/chancellor-s-message-for-families</a></p><p></p>
