Communicable Disease Management Plan

Communicable Disease Baseline
(ODE’s School-Level COVID-19 Management Plan Table 1)

School District Communicable Disease Management Plan

OAR 581-022-2220

Communicable disease prevention is of paramount importance to decrease school absenteeism, and to maintain the health of the school population.

Each school or district should maintain comprehensive written plans which include: Communicable Disease Prevention Plan, Pandemic/ Flu plan, Operational Plan/ Safe Return to In-Person Instruction and Continuity of Services Plan (COVID-19 plan per ODE ESSER III), Exposure Control Plan per OR-OSHA.

OHA provides two types of guidance for the creation of communicable disease plans: OHA Communicable Disease Guidance for Schools and Novel Coronavirus Disease Interim Investigative Guidelines.The OHA guidance should not be used as a communicable disease plan because, though it articulates the rules, it does not indicate how the rules would be implemented in the individual school, district, or ESD setting. A communicable disease plan is required to show how the guidance will be operationalized in the school setting.

School District Communicable Disease Plan Examples:

Main Document:

• Colton School District Communicable Disease Management Plan: A primary document for communicable disease prevention and control in the school setting.

• Colton School District COVID-19 Leveled Mitigation Plan: Specific procedures to align with evidence-based COVID-19 mitigation measures.
• Colton School District Exposure Control Plan: A school plan that outlines workplace and engineering controls, and prevention and response measures as they relate to the district as an employer.
• Colton School District Pandemic Plan: A contingency plan related to non-pharmaceutical interventions to guide planning for pandemic response.

You may access an editable Communicable Disease Management Plan (2022) here and a COVID-19 Management Plan (2022) here.

Appropriate attributions must be provided.

ESD Communicable Disease Plan:

2021-2022 Multnomah Education Service District Comprehensive Communicable Disease Management Plan (08/16/2021 - Updated version coming soon)

You may download an editable copy here.  Appropriate attributions must be provided. Updated version coming soon.