Title: Updated: Cases and outbreaks in child care and schools | Colorado COVID-19 Updates
Headings: Updated: Cases and outbreaks in child care and schools
Updated: Cases and outbreaks in child care and schools
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Special Considerations for Child Care
Definitions
Defining COVID-19 outbreaks in schools
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Tools to determine who needs to be home from school
Responding to COVID-19 cases and outbreaks in schools and child care
Criteria for closures
Notification letter templates
Considerations for ...
Reporting for schools and child care providers
Helpful links
Appendix
At-home symptom screening tool
Child/staff feels/appears unwell after arriving at school
Return to learn: guidance following a positive COVID-19 symptom screen
What happens to the close contacts?
Who is a close contact?

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The following document provides guidance for detecting, reporting, and responding to cases of COVID-19 as well as outbreaks of COVID-19 among students and staff in child care and schools. The guidance is based on the information available as of March 2021. As we continue to obtain information and experience with COVID-19 in schools and child care facilities, we will update thise guidance. Expect frequent updates to the guidance over the school year. Schools, child care providers, and public health share responsibility for applying the guidance in this document. If you have questions about scenarios or situations that are not covered in this document, please consult with your local public health agency and copy CDPHE’s school team at cdphe_covid_school_childcare@state.co.us . On This Page
Definitions
Defining COVID-19 outbreaks in schools
Confirmed outbreak definition
Suspected outbreak definition
Tools to determine who needs to be home from school
1. “ At-home COVID-19 symptom screening tool for parents and staff .” A home symptom screening checklist for parents and staff. 2. “