Certification and Verification of Daily Symptom Screening
I verify that prior to utilizing District transportation and/or entering a District building, my student will receive a daily symptom screening at home by an adult caregiver to determine if my student is experiencing any of the following COVID-19 symptoms:
- Temperature of 100.4 (or greater) degrees Fahrenheit/38 degrees Celsius;
- Uncontrolled cough that causes difficulty breathing (for students with chronic allergic/asthmatic cough, a change in their cough from baseline);
- Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing;
- Chills;
- Fatigue;
- Muscle and body aches;
- New onset of severe headache, especially with a fever;
- Sore throat;
- New loss of taste or smell;
- Congestion or runny nose;
- Nausea and/or vomiting;
- Diarrhea; or
- Any other COVID-19 symptoms identified by the CDC or IDPH.
By sending my student on District transportation and/or to school on any given day, I am certifying and verifying that my student has received a daily symptom screening and is not experiencing any COVID-19 symptoms.
Certification and Verification of Other COVID-19 Related Exposures
I will notify the school that my student will be absent pending further direction from the District if: (1) my student receives a diagnosis of COVID-19; (2) my student is suspected of having COVID-19; (3) my student comes in close contact (definition below) with an individual who tested positive for COVID-19 or is suspected of having COVID-19; or (4) my student traveled internationally. If District staff contacts me to gather additional information related to the reason(s) for my student’s absence, I will provide the necessary information as requested.
By sending my student on District transportation and/or to school on any given day, I am certifying and verifying that my student is not subject to an isolation or quarantine protocol related to COVID-19.
For COVID-19, the CDC defines a “close contact” as “any individual who was within 6 feet of an infected person for at least 15 minutes starting from 2 days before illness onset (or, for asymptomatic patients, 2 days prior to positive specimen collection) until the time the patient is isolated.”