Required Screenings
Required Screening before attending or participating in activities:
If staff have not been screened by the school for purposes of participating in instructional activities, schools must
implement these screening protocols before allowing staff to participate in UIL activities.
1. Schools must require staff to self-screen for COVID-19 symptoms before participating in UIL activities or entering
areas where UIL activities are being conducted. Symptoms are listed at the end of this document. The self screening should include staff taking their own temperature. Staff must report to the school if they themselves
have COVID-19 symptoms or are lab-confirmed with COVID-19, and, if so, they must remain off campus and
away from areas where UIL activities are being conducted until they meet the criteria for re-entry as noted
below. Additionally, they must report to the school if they have had close contact with an individual who is lab confirmed with COVID-19, as defined at the end of this document, and, if so, must remain off campus and away
from areas where UIL activities are being conducted until the 14-day incubation period has passed. Close contact
is defined in this document below.
2. Parents must ensure they do not send a student to participate in UIL activities if the student has COVID-19
symptoms (as listed in this document) or is lab-confirmed with COVID-19 until the below conditions for re-entry
are met. School systems may consider screening students for COVID-19 as well. Screening is accomplished by
asking questions by phone or other electronic methods and/or in person. The screening questions should also be
asked of a student's parent if that parent will be dropping off or picking up their student from inside areas
where UIL activities are being conducted.
3. Before visitors are allowed access to areas where UIL activities are being conducted, school systems must screen
all visitors to determine if they themselves have COVID-19 symptoms (as listed in this document) or are lab confirmed with COVID-19, and if so, they must remain off campus and away from areas where UIL activities are
being conducted until they meet the criteria for re-entry as noted below. Additionally, school systems must
screen to determine if visitors have had close contact with an individual who is lab-confirmed with COVID-19,
and if so they must remain off campus and away from areas where UIL activities are being conducted until the
14-day incubation period has passed. When practical, screening questions could be supplemented with
temperature checks of adults.