Sports and physical education classes should be encouraged and continue according to current available public health protocols. Outdoor activities such as recess should be encouraged. Sports with a high degree of physical contact should be postponed or modified for the present time. Students must perform hand hygiene prior to and after sports activities and outdoor play. Sports equipment (e.g., balls, hockey sticks) must be cleaned at the conclusion of the activity.
- Gymnasiums can be used to deliver physical education programming. When possible physical education should be done outside instead of inside.
- Sports and physical education classes should be encouraged and continue according to available protocols. There should be special consideration as to whether re-starting sports with a high degree of physical contact should be postponed or modified for the present time.
- Administrators and teachers should choose activities or sports that support physical distancing (e.g., badminton over wrestling).
- Sports equipment (e.g., balls, hockey sticks) must be cleaned at the conclusion of the activity.
- Use of shared items or sports equipment should be discouraged. Equipment that must be shared must be cleaned and disinfected before and after each use, and users must perform hand hygiene before and after each use.
- Equipment that cannot be adequately disinfected must not be used.