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TEA, CCISD update policy regarding absences related to COVID-19

CCISD is preparing an option called remote conferencing for students who are unable to attend school due to temporary medical conditions.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Editor's note: The video above is from August 11 and addresses the latest surge in COVID cases for children in Nueces County. 

Students in Corpus Christi ISD who must stay home due to a COVID-19 infection will have options for remote learning starting Monday, August 16.

Friday, the Texas Education Agency released new guidance for school districts on how to address absences due to COVID-19.

In response, CCISD is preparing an option called remote conferencing for students who are unable to attend school due to temporary medical conditions.

RELATED: Corpus Christi ISD reports 149 student, 18 staff cases of COVID-19 in district

CCISD officials said remote conferencing is a Texas Education Agency approved method of instruction for students who meet two certain requirements. 

  • Student is unable to attend school because of a temporary medical condition 

-AND-  

  • Total amount of remote conferencing instruction does not exceed more than 20 instructional days over the entirety of the 2021-2022 school year. 

One of the following requirements also must be met:  

  • Student’s temporary medical condition is documented by a physician licensed to practice in the United States.  
  • Documentation must include a statement from the physician that the student is to remain confined to their home or to a hospital. 
  • Student has a positive test result for a communicable condition listed in 25 TAC §97.7. Texas Administrative Code (state.tx.us) 
  • Student has been identified as having been in close contact with an individual who has tested positive for COVID-19. 

Additionally:  

  • If the documented temporary medical condition persists longer than 20 instructional days over the entirety of the 2021-2022 school year, a waiver request must be submitted and approved for an extension of remote conferencing.  
  • Students in a remote-learning setting must not be taught by a teacher who is also teaching in-person students at the same time. 

RELATED: ‘100 plus kids every day are getting COVID-19’ Nueces County Health Director says

Officials said campuses will determine if a student qualifies for remote conferencing based on the criteria listed above and will notify the parents.

For the latest updates on coronavirus in the Coastal Bend, click here.

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