Trigger Level 1: More than 30 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases (Faculty, Staff, or Students), within a Rolling Two-Week Period, among Those with Campus Access or 100 cases on Campus per New York State Guidance

• Mandatory quarantine-in-place
• Isolation of individuals who test COVID-19 positive, and quarantining those who have been in close contact with someone who tests positive
• Minimum two-week suspension of in-person instruction; pivot to remote instruction
• Continued mandatory testing of all on-campus students, faculty, and staff
• No campus gatherings or events
• Designation of Respiratory Clinic at Academy Hall
• Resume Return to Campus-Based Operations protocols and procedures, once spread is under control

Trigger Level 2: Confirmed Cases Exceed Our Ability to Isolate and Quarantine Students or Indications of Significant Community Spread

Campus Operations

• President declares an Institute State of Emergency
• Full activation of the following:
  • The Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP)
  • The Enhanced Executive Command Center
  • The Emergency Operations Group (EOG)

• All portfolio business continuity plans take effect
• Shutdown of the campus, except for critical operations
• Identification of essential staff for critical operations, e.g.,
  • Testing Facilities and Capabilities
  • Communications
  • Special Equipment Operations
  • Live Entities
  • Housing and Dining
  • Student Health Center
  • Payroll
• Continued mandatory testing of students and anyone with campus access
• Designation of Respiratory Clinic at Academy Hall
• Adequate stock of critical supplies will be identified and maintained (one-month supply)
• Follow the guidance of the CDC, NYS Health Department, and Rensselaer County Health Department

Instruction

• Cancellation of all in-person instruction; pivot to remote instruction for the balance of the semester
• Academic calendar adjusted by adding a week of semester break to accommodate student travel
• Remote instruction time increased to make up for lost week
• Class schedule for remote students will also be adjusted to align with new calendar

Student Housing

• Students in on-campus housing to vacate within 72 hours
• All students must be tested and cleared before leaving campus
• Students in isolation/quarantine housing remain until cleared for travel home
• Students with demonstrated inability to return home relocated to designated campus housing
• Meals for students remaining in campus housing will be provided and delivered by Rensselaer Dining Services using Transact, the Institute’s contactless Ordering Application. 

Definitions
Novel “New” Coronavirus:

• Virus name: SARS-CoV-2
• Disease caused by the virus is “coronavirus disease 2019” or “COVID-19”

Trigger Level 1: Confirmed COVID-19 Case Within 25-Mile Radius of the Rensselaer Campus(es)

Enact Social Distancing

• Cancellation of all public events
• Internal seminars with external speakers considered on a case-by-case basis, with input from occupational physician and/or Student Health Center
• Rensselaer community members requested not to attend large external events in the local area
• Protocol will remain in place until rescinded by the Institute
• All in-person classroom instruction is suspended, and is moving to online and other learning options until the end of spring semester 2020

Trigger Level 2: Confirmed Case within the Rensselaer Community; Community-Spread Case Proximate to the Rensselaer Campus; Cluster Case in Troy (regardless of origin)

• Rensselaer President declares an Institute State of Emergency and activates the following:
  • The Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP)
  • The Executive Command Center
  • The Emergency Operations Group (EOG)
• Cancellation of all in-person instruction for 1 month or more
• Shutdown of the campus, except for critical operations
• Identification of essential staff for critical operations, e.g.,
  • Communications
  • Special Equipment Operations
  • Live Entities (animals)
  • Housing and Dining
  • Student Health Center
  • Payroll
• Portfolio business continuity plans take effect
• Designation of an Auxiliary Clinic at Academy Hall
• Plans to move people quickly; housing contingencies
• All portfolios have a business continuity plan
• University-wide templates for communication are drafted− Portfolio-level communication templates that are consistent with university-wide messaging in place for rapid roll-out
• In all cases, Rensselaer will follow the guidance of the CDC, NYS Health Department, and the Rensselaer County Health Department
• In all cases, adequate stock of critical supplies will be identified and maintained (one-month supply)