Fall 2020 Re-Opening: Operational Plan
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FALL 2020 RE-OPENING: OPERATIONAL PLAN Approved by the Florida A&M University Board of Trustees on June 4, 2020. Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMMARY ..................................................................................................................... 1 Plan Elements .......................................................................................................................................... 1 A Healthy Campus Environment ......................................................................................................... 1 A Healthy Community Environment ................................................................................................... 1 COVID-19 Virus Testing ..................................................................................................................... 2 Contact Tracing and Surveillance ....................................................................................................... 2 Academic Program Delivery ................................................................................................................ 2 I. A HEALTHY CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT ..................................................................................... 3 Shared Responsibility ............................................................................................................................. 3 Social/Physical Distancing .................................................................................................................. 3 Reintegration: Face Coverings, Hand Sanitizer, and Returning Faculty, Staff, Students ............... 4 Education and Training ......................................................................................................................... 6 Enforcement and Accountability ......................................................................................................... 6 Athletics ................................................................................................................................................... 7 Student Services and Extracurricular Activities .................................................................................. 7 Student Performance Programs .......................................................................................................... 8 Student Health Services ....................................................................................................................... 8 Housing ................................................................................................................................................ 9 Office of Counseling Services (OCS) .................................................................................................. 9 Career and Professional Development Center (CPD Center) .......................................................... 10 Center for Academic Advising and Student Success ........................................................................ 10 Efferson Student Union, Activities & New Student Orientation ...................................................... 10 TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) .............................................................................................. 11 Victim Advocate and LGBTQ Resource Center ................................................................................ 11 FAMU Educational Research Center for Child Development (FAMU-ERCCD) ........................... 12 Campus Visits ..................................................................................................................................... 12 Office of the Ombudsman .................................................................................................................. 12 Hazing Prevention Initiatives ............................................................................................................ 12 Cleaning and Disinfecting of University Facilities and Spaces ......................................................... 13 .................................................................................................................................................................... 14 II. A HEALTHY COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT ...................................................................... 14 Vendors and Contractors ................................................................................................................... 15 Control Access and Visitors ............................................................................................................... 15 Infectious Diseases and Influenza ..................................................................................................... 15 .................................................................................................................................................................... 16 III. COVID-19 VIRUS TESTING ...................................................................................................... 16 Screening ................................................................................................................................................ 16 Testing .................................................................................................................................................... 17 Employees ........................................................................................................................................... 17 Students .............................................................................................................................................. 17 Serological Testing and Vaccines ...................................................................................................... 18 .................................................................................................................................................................... 18 IV. COVID-19 CONTACT TRACING AND SURVEILLANCE ................................................... 18 Contact Tracing .................................................................................................................................... 18 Quarantine/Isolation ............................................................................................................................. 18 On-Campus Residents ........................................................................................................................ 19 Surveillance ........................................................................................................................................... 19 Threshold Trigger .............................................................................................................................. 20 .................................................................................................................................................................... 20 V. ACADEMIC PROGRAM DELIVERY .......................................................................................... 20 Overview ................................................................................................................................................ 20 Classroom Capacity and Hours of Availability .................................................................................. 21 Faculty Safety and Well-Being............................................................................................................. 21 Instruction ............................................................................................................................................. 21 Science Laboratory and Experiential Courses: ................................................................................ 21 Gatekeeper Courses: .......................................................................................................................... 22 Bottleneck Courses: ........................................................................................................................... 22 Graduate and Professional Courses: ................................................................................................. 22 Academic Support Services .................................................................................................................. 23 Travel ..................................................................................................................................................... 23 .................................................................................................................................................................... 23 VI. RESURGENCE ............................................................................................................................. 23 Remote Instruction Only ...................................................................................................................... 23 VII. CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................. 24 Appendix A: Florida COVID-19 Community-Based Testing Sites .......................................................... EXECUTIVE SUMMMARY Plan Elements Florida A&M University (University) will be re-opening in fall 2020 with a continued commitment to excellence with caring. Florida A&M University’s Operational Plan (Plan) comports with the Board of Governors’ outlined expectations.1 A Healthy Campus