{"id":"NJ-057","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Philip D. Murphy","authority":"N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq. (State of Emergency); P.L. 2021, c. 103, sec. 5","instrument":"Executive Order No. 253 (2021)","title":"Vaccination-or-testing requirement for all covered workers in preschool programs and elementary and secondary schools, effective October 18, 2021; medical mask exemptions under EO 251 require written documentation","dateIssued":"2021-08-23","effective":"2021-08-23 (immediately); vaccination-or-testing requirement \u0022shall take effect on October 18, 2021\u0022; para. 9 (documentation for mask exemptions) operative from issuance","end":"Until revoked or modified (compliance date Oct. 18, 2021 falls in Q4 2021)","startDate":"2021-08-23","endDate":"2021-10-18","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["VAX","SCH","EMP","MASK"],"addressees":["all public, private and parochial preschool programs and elementary and secondary schools","covered workers: administrators, teachers, support professionals, food, custodial and administrative staff, substitutes, contractors, providers and volunteers with regular visits"],"clause":"Para. 1: \u0022All public, private, and parochial preschool programs, and elementary and secondary schools, including charter and renaissance schools (\u0027covered settings\u0027), must maintain a policy that requires all covered workers to either provide adequate proof to the covered setting that they have been fully vaccinated or submit to COVID-19 testing at minimum one to two times weekly. This requirement shall take effect on October 18, 2021\u0022. Para. 5: covered workers include \u0022all individuals employed by the covered setting, both full- and part-time, including, but not limited to, administrators, teachers, educational support professionals, individuals providing food, custodial, and administrative support services, substitute teachers, whether employed directly by a covered setting or otherwise contracted, contractors, providers, and any other individuals performing work in covered settings whose job duties require them to make regular visits to such covered settings, including volunteers.\u0022 Para. 9: mask-exemption policies \u0022must require individuals seeking a medical exemption from mask wearing under Paragraphs 1(a) - (c) of that Order to produce written documentation from a medical professional to support the exemption. Self-attestations and parental attestations are not sufficient for this purpose.\u0022","enforcement":"Para. 13: N.J.S.A. App. A:9-49 and -50; para. 8: DOH supplemental directives authorized","functions":["HR school staffing, contractors and vendors (food service, custodial, transportation, tutoring companies) under vaccination-or-testing policies","WF workforce (school exclusion and mask-exemption documentation)","PL staffing placements at school sites"],"notes":"Issued in Q3 2021 with an October 18 compliance date; the Governor\u0027s archive titles the order as reaching \u0022All State Workers,\u0022 but the operative text retrieved covers preschool-12 covered settings only;","sourceUrl":"https://nj.gov/infobank/eo/056murphy/pdf/EO-253.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":98257,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NJ","url":"/library/NJ-057","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NJ-057","citation":"Governor Philip D. Murphy, Executive Order No. 253 (2021) (Aug. 23, 2021) (Ex. NJ-057)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["NJ-055","NJ-056","NJ-054","NJ-058","NJ-062","NJ-061","NJ-051","NJ-052","NJ-050"]}