{"id":"MET-PIT-057","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Allegheny County, Pennsylvania","state":"PA","metro":"PIT","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Allegheny County Health Department, Debra L. Bogen, MD, Director","authority":"Statement of the local health authority endorsing the Commonwealth\u0027s school masking order","instrument":"Bogen Statement on State\u0027s Announcement of School Masking Requirement (news release)","title":"Bogen Statement on State\u0027s Announcement of School Masking Requirement","dateIssued":"2021-09-03","effective":"2021-09-07 (the State order it addresses)","end":"n/a (statement)","startDate":"2021-09-07","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["SCH","MASK"],"addressees":["school districts in Allegheny County","parents"],"clause":"Over the past few weeks and months, we have urged school districts to follow the CDC guidelines to require masking in schools. We have been fortunate that 26 of our districts have put full mandates in place and another six have some hybrid requirement. In the last month, we have seen increasing cases of COVID-19 among children, especially those who are not yet eligible for vaccination. Today\u0027s action by the state ensures that we are all taking the appropriate steps to protect our children","enforcement":"n/a; the underlying order is the Acting Secretary of Health\u0027s Order Directing Face Coverings in School Entities (Aug. 31, 2021; effective Sept. 7, 2021).","functions":["SCH schools","WF working parents","IN in-person instruction"],"notes":"Records that 26 Allegheny County districts had full mask mandates and six hybrid requirements before the State order took effect.","sourceUrl":"https://www.alleghenycounty.us/News/2021/Health-Department-2021/6442475493.aspx","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210920000000/https://www.alleghenycounty.us/News/2021/Health-Department-2021/6442475493.aspx","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":127490,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-PIT","url":"/library/MET-PIT-057","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-PIT-057","citation":"Allegheny County Health Department, Debra L. Bogen, MD, Director, Bogen Statement on State\u0027s Announcement of School Masking Requirement (news release) (Sept. 3, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-057)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":[]}