Return to School After Illness
Schools must follow CDC guidance for allowing a student or staff member to return to school after exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19. If a person is not diagnosed by a healthcare provider (physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant) with COVID-19, they can return to school:
- Once there is no fever, without the use of fever reducing medicines, and they have felt well for 24 hours;
- If they have been diagnosed with another condition and have a healthcare provider-written note stating they are clear to return to school.
If a person is diagnosed with COVID-19 by a healthcare provider based on a test or their symptoms, or does not get a COVID-19 test but has had symptoms, they should not be at school and should stay at home until:
- It has been at least ten (10) days since the individual first had symptoms; and
- It has been at least three (3) days since the individual has had a fever (without using fever reducing medicine); and
- It has been at least three (3) days since the individual’s symptoms improved, including cough and shortness of breath.