Dr. Connie White, the agency’s deputy commissioner, said based on recent guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kentucky students who either test positive for COVID-19 or have temperatures above 100.4 degrees must be without fevers for 24 hours without taking fever-reducing medicine rather than 72 hours.
JCPS and other school districts will need to enact various pieces of public health guidance during the 2020-21 school year, such as enforcing social distancing and requiring students to wear masks when needed.
Kevin Brown, interim education commissioner, said the guidance will be a "flagship document" for school districts developing their reopening plans after stopping in-person instruction at the recommendation of Gov. Andy Beshear in hopes of limiting the spread of COVID-19.
The Kentucky Department of Education has been releasing reopening guidance for schools since May. Some districts have taken that information and already made their plans for starting the 2020-2021 school year.
