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The New Safety Regulations

COVID-19 is still with us, let's work together to stay safe!



DOE Fall 2022 COVID-19 Guidance This guidance provides best practice considerations for schools for the 2022-2023 school year to help prevent the transmission of COVID-19 among students and staff.

  • Vaccination: Vaccination is the best way to reduce COVID-19 risk. Encourage up to date COVID-19 vaccination for everyone six months or older.

  • Visit the vaccine finder page(Open external link) or call 877-829-4692 to find a location near you.

  • Up to date includes boosters for everyone who is eligible and additional primary shots for some immunocompromised people. See At-A-Glance COVID-19 Vaccination Schedules (cdc.gov).

  • Vaccination Requirements:

  • Vaccination is still required for all visitors entering school buildings

  • Vaccination is still required for all DOE employees

  • Vaccination is still required for other individuals who work in DOE buildings

  • Vaccination is no longer required to participate in high-risk extracurricular activities including high-risk PSAL sports.


  • Daily Health Screener:

  • No longer required to enter school buildings


  • Stay home if sick: Students and staff should stay home if they show any symptoms of COVID-19 or other illnesses and get tested for COVID-19.

  • Isolate if COVID-19 positive: Students and staff who test positive for COVID-19 must isolate for 5 days and can return to school on day 6 if they have no symptoms or symptoms are improving. They should wear a mask until day 10 after symptom onset or date of positive test, whichever is earlier. Masks may be removed during this period if the person has received two negative rapid tests 48 hours apart.

  • These cases should be reported to their school so they can be report into the sit room for exposure notifications.


  • Get tested if exposed to COVID-19: Students and staff who are exposed to COVID-19 should get tested.

  • These individuals should receive home tests from their school and take two tests, at least 48 hours apart. All exposed individuals should monitor for fever and other COVID-19 symptoms for 10 days after their exposure. If symptoms begin, they should not attend school and should isolate and get tested for COVID-19 again right away.


  • Testing:

  • Starting the first day of school, schools will offer home test kits to those with a potential in-school exposure and those with symptoms

  • In addition, each staff and student will receive 4 tests per month to take home. These tests can be used by school families for testing due to symptoms, exposures, high-risk activity (such as travel and large gatherings) and can give staff and students immediate results.

  • Please see here for a letter to families


  • Situation Room:

  • Schools will be required to report positive cases of COVID-19 to the situation room.

  • The Situation Room will provide schools with standardized communications for their communities and will notify school communities of cases in their schools through daily email and the Daily COVID map.


  • Masking- Face coverings are strongly recommended to be worn when indoors. Masks wi