Cincinnati Public Schools' amended safety protocols: What's changed? View Comments The Cincinnati Public Schools Board of Education amended the district's COVID-19 safety protocols during a Monday evening board meeting. The bill will take 90 days to go into effect and vaccines could receive full FDA approval by then, making the language moot. The board again did not vote on the vaccine requirement and barely discussed it during Monday night's board meeting. They did, however, discuss and amend other safety protocols. COVID-19 related safety protocols implemented at the start of the 2020-2021 school year included taking temperature checks at school building entrances, staggered bus arrivals and departures, wearing masks and social distancing.