Breaking: Montgomery County Must Set Aside 100 Vaccines a Week for Educators and that is to Include Private School Staff.

MEMORANDUM To: All Local Health Officers and all COVID-19 Vaccine Providers

From: Dennis R. Schrader, Acting Secretary

Dr. Jinlene Chan, Acting Deputy Secretary for Public Health Services

Cc: Dr. Karen Salmon, Ph.D., State Superintendent of Schools Nonpublic Schools

Subject: Phase 1B: Educators - Vaccination of Nonpublic School Faculty and Staff

Date: January 30, 2021

It is the health policy of the State of Maryland that nonpublic schools may not be excluded from any COVID-19 vaccine provider who is administering COVID-19 vaccine to educators.

Any COVID-19 vaccine provider who refuses the vaccination of nonpublic school staff while administering vaccines to public school system employees will have future vaccine allocations reduced or reallocated to providers that comply with the MDH Vaccination Matters Order and COVID-19 Vaccine Provider Bulletins.

Please see the attached Week 8 bulletin, which states that “local health departments should set aside at least 100 doses per week from their overall allocation for Phase 1B educators in their jurisdiction. This allocation should be set aside until jurisdictions have vaccinated all of their educators.” 

Additionally, please see Section 8, Education: page 9 of the bulletin, “Educational facilities include: licensed childcare facilities; K-12:  both public school systems and nonpublic schools; and higher educational institutions.”

https://phpa.health.maryland.gov/Documents/2021.01.30.A%20-%20MDH%20Guidance%20-%20Vaccination%20of%20Nonpublic%20School%20Faculty%20and%20Staff.pdf

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Please see the attached Week 8 bulletin, which states that “local health departments should set aside at least 100 doses per week from their overall allocation for Phase 1B educators in their jurisdiction.

Each local health department will receive the following minimum allocation of first doses each week going forward:

Montgomery County Health Department 975

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