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Adapt, Advance, Achieve: Connecticut’s Plan to Learn and Grow Together
7. Health Monitoring Plan
Planning and Distribution of Information
Requirements
• Include in the LEA reopening plan written protocols for monitoring of symptoms
that could be related to COVID-19, with the goal of decreasing the risk of spreading
or contracting the virus and maintaining oversight related to the pandemic while
complying with relevant privacy and health laws.
Guidance
• Review the most updated guidance on monitoring for COVID-19 and develop
protocols consistent with the applicable recommendations.
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Attendance Monitoring
Guidance
As of the date of this document, CDC guidance provides that schools and
childcare programs are not expected to daily screen students, students, or
staff to identify cases of COVID-19. If a community (or more specifically, a
school) has cases of COVID-19, local health officials will help identify those
individuals and follow up on next steps.
While daily screenings by school staff are not required, be prepared if, at the
recommendation of state and local departments of public health, screenings
are initiated based on local factors such as a confirmed case or known
exposures, or if a staff member of student presents with obvious symptoms.
• Actively monitor staff and student absenteeism and track the reasons for their
absences to identify any trends that would suggest spread of illness such as
COVID-19.
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Explore the ability to code student and staff absences with specific symptom
codes within programs such as PowerSchool, fever or COVID-related
symptoms are examples, compared to routine sick days.
Create a communication system for staff and families for self-reporting of
symptoms, and for families to notify the school of known or presumed cases
consistent with applicable privacy and confidentiality laws. See Reporting
Illnesses and Addressing Vulnerable Populations section describing EEOC
guidance.
• If, due to a containment plan, a school or region must cancel classes, be prepared to
engage students and address attendance during periods of blended learning. See
Academics, page 28.
• In forthcoming guidance related to parents and students who choose not to
participate, attendance monitoring advice will be included.