{"id":"SEC-15-024","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"California","state":"CA","metro":"","industry":"15","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"California Department of Public Health","authority":"Cal. Health \u0026 Safety Code 120125 et seq.; State Public Health Officer Order of June 11, 2021 (Beyond the Blueprint) incorporating CDPH K-12 guidance as mandatory","instrument":"COVID-19 Public Health Guidance for K-12 Schools in California, 2021-22 School Year (originally published July 12, 2021)","title":"COVID-19 Public Health Guidance for K-12 Schools in California, 2021-22 School Year","dateIssued":"2021-07-12","effective":"2021-07-12 (2021-22 school year)","end":"Universal indoor masking transitioned to a strong recommendation March 12, 2022","startDate":"2021-07-12","endDate":"2022-03-12","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","SCH","QUAR","EMP"],"addressees":["all public and private K-12 schools in California"],"clause":"Originally published on July 12, 2021.... The following guidance is designed to keep California K-12 schools open for in-person instruction safely... [As amended in 2022:] the universal indoor mask mandate in K-12 school settings would transition to a strong recommendation... CDPH... currently strongly recommends continuing to mask indoors in school settings.","enforcement":"Cal. Health \u0026 Safety Code 120275 et seq.; the June 11, 2021 State Public Health Officer Order made CDPH\u0027s K-12 guidance binding","functions":["IN","TR","AC","FS","WF","CB"],"notes":"The exhibit is CDPH\u0027s own page as it stood in Sept. 2026, which retains the July 12, 2021 publication date and the later amendments; the July 12, 2021 universal indoor masking requirement is confirmed by the recital in Ex. SEC-15-023 and by Ballotpedia (Ex. SEC-15-003). The page also carries the exposure and quarantine rules (masked exposed students remain 10 days) and the youth-sports masking provisions.","sourceUrl":"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/K-12-Guidance-2021-22-School-Year.aspx","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":475278,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-15","url":"/library/SEC-15-024","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-15-024","citation":"California Department of Public Health, COVID-19 Public Health Guidance for K-12 Schools in California, 2021-22 School Year (originally published July 12, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-024)","stateName":"California","related":["SEC-15-023","SEC-15-003"]}