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Download full textOffice for Civil Rights, US Department of Education, 2020
In this supplemental fact sheet, the Department of Education (the Department) reminds educators in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic that they should not opt to close or decline to provide distance instruction, at the expense of students, to address matters pertaining to services for students with disabilities. Rather, school systems must make…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Health Promotion, School Role, Risk Management
Fact Sheet: Addressing the Risk of COVID-19 in Schools While Protecting the Civil Rights of Students
Office for Civil Rights, US Department of Education, 2020
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) has established a working group to provide information and resources to parents, students, teachers, schools, and school personnel related to the possible outbreak of COVID-19 ("coronavirus") in school districts and postsecondary schools. Schools play an important role in disseminating…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Health Promotion, Information Dissemination, School Role
US Department of Education, 2020
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is responding to an outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a new coronavirus named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The CDC has issued interim guidance to help administrators of public and private childcare programs and K-12 schools plan for and prevent the spread of COVID-19 among…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Disease Control, Health Promotion, Planning
Peer reviewedWilcox, Brian L. – New Directions for Child Development, 1990
Maintains that federal policy on adolescent Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome health care and research is nonexistent or piecemeal. Despite the work of the Centers for Disease Control, efforts at preventive education are uncoordinated, resulting from the decentralized nature of the public health and education systems, and are hampered by social…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Federal Legislation, Financial Support
Zakariya, Sally Banks – Executive Educator, 1987
Discusses the importance of personnel policies covering AIDS (and other communicable diseases) and presents relevant employee guidelines developed by teacher unions and school districts. Three insets offer additional Center for Disease Control guidelines, day-to-day considerations when working with AIDS employees, and available publications…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Communicable Diseases, Disease Control, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBeckham, Joseph – NASSP Bulletin, 1986
Pressured by public safety concerns, school boards have begun to adopt exclusionary policies and screening programs for pupils and employees infected with the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) virus. This article reviews recent court decisions based on the "handicapped individual" defense and urges administrators to present…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Communicable Diseases, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education
