{"id":"SEC-15-015","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"15","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Philip D. Murphy","authority":"N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq.; N.J.S.A. 26:13-1 et seq.; P.L. 2021, c. 103","instrument":"Executive Order No. 251 (2021)","title":"Mandatory face masks in the indoor premises of all public, private and parochial preschool programs and elementary and secondary schools for the 2021-2022 school year","dateIssued":"2021-08-06","effective":"2021-08-09","end":"March 7, 2022 (announced Feb. 7, 2022)","startDate":"2021-08-09","endDate":"2022-03-07","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","SCH"],"addressees":["all public, private and parochial preschool programs and elementary and secondary schools, including charter and renaissance schools"],"clause":"1. All public, private, and parochial preschool programs and elementary and secondary schools, including charter and renaissance schools (collectively \u0027school districts\u0027), must maintain a policy regarding mandatory use of face masks by staff, students, and visitors in the indoor portion of the school district premises, except in the following circumstances... 6. Penalties for violations of this Order may be imposed under, among other statutes, N.J.S.A. App. A:9-49 and -50.","enforcement":"N.J.S.A. App. A:9-49 and -50","functions":["IN","EC","TR","AC","FS","HR","WF","CB"],"notes":"In force for the whole of the 2021-22 first semester; reaches private and parochial schools in terms.","sourceUrl":"https://nj.gov/infobank/eo/056murphy/pdf/EO-251.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":115620,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-15","url":"/library/SEC-15-015","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-15-015","citation":"Governor Philip D. Murphy, Executive Order No. 251 (2021) (Aug. 6, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-015)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["SEC-15-017","SEC-15-016"]}