COVID-19: Schools and Daycares | DuPage County Health, IL

DCHD Guidance

Letter to Superintendents Regarding School Reopening Plans

The DuPage County Health Department and the DuPage County Regional Office of Education have been working closely and intensively with DuPage County Schools over the summer to assure public health guidelines, issued by ISBE/IDPH and CDC are prioritized. To learn more about these efforts, please refer to the Letter to Superintendents on Reopening July 22, 2020 (PDF).

Call, Don’t Cancel Your Child’s Immunizations

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many parents are understandably nervous about taking their children and teens to their doctors’ offices. Unfortunately, as a result, childhood vaccination rates are dropping dangerously. Learn more about what healthcare providers are doing to keep their patients, including children, safe— Childhood Immunizations - Call Don’t Cancel (PDF), May 19, 2020. For Spanish information, click here (PDF).

Graduation Ceremony Guidance

After careful consideration, the DuPage Regional Office of Education and DuPage County Health Department are recommending that districts do not conduct any type of in-person graduation ceremony based on the current levels of COVID-19 activity in DuPage County. For more information, please refer to the COVID-19 Letter to Superintendents Regarding Graduation Ceremonies (PDF) May 6, 2020 (PDF). For Spanish, click here (PDF).

School Contact Information

Please ensure the DuPage County Health Department has the most up-to-date contact information for your school’s administrators, nurse and public information officer by completing the School Contact Information Request Form.

Information for Child Care Centers

Child Care Reopening (PDF), May 21, 2020

Child Care Reopening Spanish (PDF), May 21, 2020

IDPH Guidance

Governor Pritzker announced guidance for youth and adult recreational sports, including, but not limited to, school-based sports (IHSA & IESA), travel clubs, private leagues and clubs, recreational leagues and centers, and park district sports programs. Please see the guidance for youth and adult recreational sports document (PDF) for more detailed information.

A gradual approach for reopening child care has been developed in order to reopen child care programs in a prudent, safe way that recognizes the complex new health, safety, and social distancing practices that providers will need to implement. Read the full Reopening Child Care In Illinois (PDF) guidelines.

The intent of the Guidance for the Return to Campus for Illinois Community Colleges (PDF) is to assist all community colleges in the development of plans that ensure the health, safety and support of our students while continuing to provide high quality instruction.

Schools Guidance

Licensed Day Care Guidance

ISBE Guidance

This document is Part Three of the Transition Advisory Workgroup’s recommendations for transitioning to in-person instruction for the 2020-2021 school year. View the full guidance (PDF). A list of FAQs is also available.

ISBE and IDPH release guidance for summer school and other activities allowed in Phase 3 of Restore Illinois plan. This guidance allows limited in-person summer school with extensive social distancing, cleaning, and use of personal protective equipment. View the full guidance (PDF).

Considerations for Closing the 2019-20 School Year & Summer 2020 (PDF), May 15, 2020

ISHA Guidance

As a result of the Governor’s Restore Illinois Plan, as regions reach Phase 4 on June 26th or after, IHSA member schools are permitted to begin use of voluntary summer contact days. IHSA Phase 4 Return to Play Plan (PDF).

IHSA Stage 1 of Return to Play (PDF), June 6, 2020

IHSA COVID-19 Update, June 5, 2020

IBHE Guidance

The Higher Education in Illinois—Safely Launching Academic Year 2020 (PDF) document represents the set of principles and guidance for Illinois higher education institutions as they face the unprecedented challenge of reopening this fall in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.