On February 10, 2021, CDPH developed a Safety Review Process for defined circumstances. The process is intended for schools in specific circumstances that could prevent the return of students to safe in-person instruction or lead to the return of students to full-time distance learning who could otherwise be receiving in-person instruction in a safe environment. Approval of Safety Review applications requires evidence of prior and ongoing high safety standards.

More information about the defined circumstances that are eligible for a Review and the process for submission of Safety Review Requests, is currently accessible through the Schools Hub Technical Assistance portal on the CA Covid-19 School Readiness Hub. 

The overview below is for informational purposes only. If any member of the public has concerns about the schools included in the list below, please submit those concerns through the CA Covid-19 School Readiness Hub, under the "School Staff and Parents" link, and reference the Case Number of the specific Safety Review Request, prior to the date indicated in the column "Deadline for Approval or Denial of Safety Review Requests"

Scenario #1 - Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) that were currently open and providing in-person instruction as of January 14, 2021, where it has been determined that, after making good-faith efforts pursuant to the K-12 Schools Guidance to meet the minimum student-to-student physical distancing guidelines in the Guidance, that meeting that minimum would require students being served through in-person instruction on January 14, 2021 to be served solely through distance learning.

Scenario #2 - LEAs that, when the January 14th K-12 Schools Guidance was issued, were in the active process of bringing back additional students for in-person instruction as part of a phased-in reopening process consistent with being considered "open" under the July 17th schools guidance, but never offered all students in at least one grade the option to return for in-person instruction for at least part of the school week while the county was in the Red Tier or lower, and therefore do not meet the revised definition of "open" set forth in the K- 12 Schools Guidance issued on January 14, 2021.

The chart below was last updated on March 16, 2021.