{"id":"LA-073","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Louisiana","state":"LA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education","authority":"La. R.S. 49:953; Act 9 of 2020 1st E.S.","instrument":"BESE emergency rule revision of May 12, 2021 - face covering policy; expiration of minimum standards June 30, 2021","title":"BESE revises minimum COVID-19 school safety standards to clarify face covering policy","dateIssued":"2021-05-12","effective":"2021-05-12","end":"2021-06-30 (standards expire)","startDate":"2021-05-12","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2021Q2"],"types":["SCH","MASK"],"addressees":["all public, charter and nonpublic schools"],"clause":"The revisions clarify that BESE\u0027s minimum standards, pertaining to face coverings, are superseded by any statewide or district-specific mandate issued by the governor, and that face covering requirements are to be determined by local school systems when no mask mandate from the governor is in place.... The policy clarifications also confirm the expiration of the BESE minimum health and safety standards with the end of the 2020-2021 school year on June 30, 2021.","enforcement":"Emergency rule","functions":["MASK schools","IN","WF"],"notes":"Fixes the end of the BESE school standards.","sourceUrl":"https://bese.louisiana.gov/about-bese/bese-news/2021/05/12/bese-revises-minimum-covid-19-school-safety-standards-to-clarify-face-covering-policy","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20210615091755/https://bese.louisiana.gov/about-bese/bese-news/2021/05/12/bese-revises-minimum-covid-19-school-safety-standards-to-clarify-face-covering-policy","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":84270,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"LA","url":"/library/LA-073","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/LA-073","citation":"Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, BESE emergency rule revision of May 12, 2021 - face covering policy; expiration of minimum standards June 30, 2021 (Ex. LA-073)","stateName":"Louisiana","related":["LA-072"]}