20-21 Staff Daily Symptom Checker
 TEA Guidelines

School systems must require teachers and staff to self-screen for COVID-19 symptoms before coming onto campus each day. Symptoms are listed below. The self-screening should include teachers and staff taking their own temperature. Teachers and staff must report to the school system if they themselves have COVID-19 symptoms or are lab-confirmed with COVID-19, and, if so, they must remain off campus until they meet the criteria for re-entry as noted below. Additionally, they must report to the school system if they have had close contact with an individual who is lab-confirmed with COVID-19, as defined below, and, if so, must remain off campus until the 14-day incubation period has passed.

Individuals Confirmed or Suspected with COVID-19

1. Any individuals who themselves either: (a) are lab-confirmed to have COVID-19; or (b) experience the symptoms of COVID-19 (listed below) must stay at home throughout the infection period, and cannot return to campus until the school system screens the individual to determine any of the below conditions for campus re-entry have been met:

        o In the case of an individual who was diagnosed with COVID-19, the individual may
           return to school when all three of the following criteria are met:
                        i. at least one day (24 hours) has passed since recovery (resolution of fever
                           without the use of fever-reducing medications);
                       ii. the individual has improvement in symptoms (e.g., cough, shortness of
                           breath); and
                      iii. at least ten days have passed since symptoms first appeared.

        o In the case of an individual who has symptoms that could be COVID-19 and who is not evaluated by a medical professional or tested for COVID-19, such individual is assumed to have COVID-19, and the individual may not return to the campus until the individual has completed the same three-step set of criteria listed above.
        o If the individual has symptoms that could be COVID-19 and wants to return to school before completing the above stay at home period, the individual must either (a) obtain a medical professional’s note clearing the individual for return based on an alternative diagnosis or (b) obtain an acute infection test at an approved testing location (https://tdem.texas.gov/covid-19/) that comes back negative for COVID-19.

COVID-19 Symptoms

In evaluating whether an individual has symptoms consistent with COVID-19, consider the following
question: Have they recently begun experiencing any of the following in a way that is not normal for them?

         o Feeling feverish or a measured temperature greater than or equal to 100.0 degrees Fahrenheit
         o Loss of taste or smell
         o Cough
         o Difficulty breathing
         o Shortness of breath
         o Fatigue
         o Headache
         o Chills
         o Sore throat
         o Congestion or runny nose
         o Shaking or exaggerated shivering
         o Significant muscle pain or ache
         o Diarrhea
         o Nausea or vomiting

Close Contact Defined

The definition of close contact is evolving with our understanding of COVID-19, and individual scenarios should be determined by an appropriate public health agency. In general, close contact is defined as:
        a. being directly exposed to infectious secretions (e.g., being coughed on); or
        b. being within 6 feet for a cumulative duration of 15 minutes; however, additional factors like
            case/contact masking (i.e., both the infectious individual and the potential close contact have
            been consistently and properly masked), ventilation, presence of dividers, and case
            symptomology may affect this determination.

Either (a) or (b) defines close contact if it occurred during the infectious period of the case, defined
as two days prior to symptom onset to 10 days after symptom onset. In the case of asymptomatic
individuals who are lab-confirmed with COVID-19, the infectious period is defined as two days prior
to the confirming lab test and continuing for 10 days following the confirming lab test.
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