{"id":"ECO-B-066","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Rhode Island","state":"RI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"B","issuer":"Governor Daniel J. McKee","authority":"R.I. Gen. Laws Title 30, Chapter 15; Title 23, Chapter 8; state of emergency declared Aug. 19, 2021","instrument":"Executive Order 21-87","title":"Requiring Masks in Schools","dateIssued":"2021-08-19","effective":"August 19, 2021 (immediately)","end":"September 18, 2021 (30 days; renewed thereafter through March 4, 2022, Ex. ECO-B-107)","startDate":"2021-08-19","endDate":"2021-09-18","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","SCH"],"addressees":["all public and private schools (students age 2 and older, staff, visitors)"],"clause":"\u0027NOW, THEREFORE, I, DANIEL J. MCKEE, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Governor of the State of Rhode Island... do hereby order [that all students, staff and visitors wear masks indoors in schools regardless of vaccination status].... This Executive Order shall take effect immediately and remain in full force and effect through September [18, 2021], unless renewed, modified or terminated.\u0027 Recital: \u0027on August 19, I declared a state of emergency due to the dangers to health and life posed by [the Delta variant].\u0027","enforcement":"R.I. Gen. Laws 30-15-9","functions":["WF","SCH"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://governor.ri.gov/executive-orders/executive-order-21-87","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20210820181535/https://governor.ri.gov/executive-orders/executive-order-21-87","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":471475,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"ECO-B","url":"/library/ECO-B-066","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/ECO-B-066","citation":"Governor Daniel J. McKee, Executive Order 21-87 (Aug. 19, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-066)","stateName":"Rhode Island","related":["ECO-B-107"]}