1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safe Considerations of the Health Of Our Learning Students Act or SCHOOLS Act . 2. Study on COVID–19 safety precautions for schools (a) In general The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the Secretary ), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall conduct a study with respect to safety precautions to prevent the spread of COVID–19 in schools. (b) Content of study The study conducted under subsection (a) shall address each of the following: (1) Reopening criteria and best practices (A) Minimum criteria The minimum criteria that a community needs to meet with respect to the spread of COVID–19, including the sufficiency of such criteria, before opening schools for full-time and in-person instruction, including— (i) a decreasing positivity rate reported over a 28-day period that shall in no case exceed 5 percent; and (ii) a reproductive number over such 28-day period of less than 1. (B) Best practices Best practices with respect to the criteria under subparagraph (A), including with respect to— (i) public health capacity to conduct testing and contract tracing in the community; (ii) surge capacity in hospitals; and (iii) the amounts of personal protective equipment needed. (2) Crisis response personnel Practices for crisis response personnel in schools, including— (A) the designation of at least 1 staff member (or nurse who may not be a staff member) to provide crisis response in each school; (B) the metrics to be reported by such staff member; (C) with respect to a school that has at least 2 such staff members, the composition of a team of such staff members; and (D) the actions such staff member should take to minimize the spread of COVID–19 in schools (including actions with respect to inclement weather). (3) Staffing Recommended practices to increase the safety of staff and reduce the spread of COVID–19 among staff, including— (A) the use of common spaces, such as break rooms