{"id":"LA-072","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Louisiana","state":"LA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE)","authority":"Act 9 of the 2020 First Extraordinary Session (HB 59); La. R.S. 49:953 (emergency rule); BESE Bulletin 741","instrument":"BESE emergency rule of July 14, 2020 - Minimum Health and Safety Standards for the Reopening of Louisiana Schools (2020-2021), as described in BESE\u0027s release","title":"BESE adopts minimum health and safety standards for the reopening of Louisiana schools","dateIssued":"2020-07-14","effective":"2020-07-14 (immediately)","end":"2021-06-30 (expiration confirmed by BESE\u0027s May 12, 2021 revision, LA-073)","startDate":"2020-07-14","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["SCH","GATH","MASK","CAP","EMP"],"addressees":["all traditional public, charter and nonpublic schools","local education agencies"],"clause":"Group sizes: The maximum group size that may convene indoors in a single room or outdoors at any time are 10 individuals (phase 1), 25 individuals (phase 2), and 50 individuals (phase 3).... Face coverings: While inside the school facility, all adults and students in grades 3 through 12 must wear a face covering to the greatest extent possible and practical within the local community context.... Student transportation: Buses must not exceed 25 percent capacity in phase 1, 50 percent in phase 2, and 75 percent in phase 3... Each Local Education Agency (LEA) is required to adopt policies in accordance with the state\u0027s standards prior to the start of the 2020-2021 school year and submit a plan to the LDE addressing each phase of reopening.... BESE approved the policies as emergency rules in accordance with R.S. 49:953 and are effective immediately.","enforcement":"Emergency rule under La. R.S. 49:953 binding on every LEA and nonpublic school; LDE plan approval","functions":["IN in-person instruction (group sizes, hybrid schedules)","TR transport 25/50/75%","WF workforce (parents; hybrid and remote schedules)","MASK adults and grades 3-12","HR staff screening"],"notes":"Rendered copy of BESE\u0027s own release describing the emergency rule; the codified emergency rule text (Bulletin 741 §§...) was not separately retrieved.","sourceUrl":"https://bese.louisiana.gov/about-bese/bese-news/2020/07/14/bese-adopts-minimum-health-and-safety-standards-for-the-reopening-of-louisiana-schools","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200806063102/https://bese.louisiana.gov/about-bese/bese-news/2020/07/14/bese-adopts-minimum-health-and-safety-standards-for-the-reopening-of-louisiana-schools","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":112673,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"LA","url":"/library/LA-072","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/LA-072","citation":"Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE), BESE emergency rule of July 14, 2020 - Minimum Health and Safety Standards for the Reopening of Louisiana Schools (2020-2021), as described in BESE\u0027s release (Ex. LA-072)","stateName":"Louisiana","related":["LA-073"]}