{"id":"SEC-15-081","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Massachusetts","state":"MA","metro":"","industry":"15","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Jeffrey C. Riley, under authority voted by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Aug. 24, 2021","authority":"M.G.L. c. 69, sec. 1B; 603 CMR (Board vote of Aug. 24, 2021)","instrument":"DESE mask requirement for all public K-12 students, staff and visitors for 2021-22 (issued Aug. 25, 2021; extended Sept. 27, Oct. 26, 2021 and Jan. 10, 2022)","title":"DESE universal mask requirement (Aug. 25, 2021)","dateIssued":"2021-08-25","effective":"2021-08-25 through Oct. 1, 2021 (extended to Nov. 1, 2021, Jan. 15 and Feb. 28, 2022; vaccination-based opt-out for schools at 80 percent from Oct. 1, 2021)","end":"2022-02-28","startDate":"2021-08-25","endDate":"2022-02-28","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","SCH"],"addressees":["public K-12 schools (students, staff, visitors)"],"clause":"","enforcement":"DESE authority over public schools; private schools governed by local boards of health","functions":["IN","TR","AC","WF","CB"],"notes":"Ballotpedia (Ex. SEC-15-003): \u0027Aug. 24, 2021: The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) voted to allow Commissioner Jeffrey Riley to implement a mask mandate for K-12 public school teachers, staff, and students... Massachusetts\u0027 2020 instruments (COVID-19 Order No. 5?","sourceUrl":"https://www.doe.mass.edu/bese/docs/fy2022/2021-08/item1-motion.docx","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240605232101/https://www.doe.mass.edu/bese/docs/fy2022/2021-08/item1-motion.docx","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":24582,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-15","url":"/library/SEC-15-081","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-15-081","citation":"Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Jeffrey C. Riley, under authority voted by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Aug. 24, 2021, DESE mask requirement for all public K-12 students, staff and visitors for 2021-22 (issued Aug. 25, 2021; extended Sept. 27, Oct. 26, 2021 and Jan. 10, 2022) (Ex. SEC-15-081)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":["SEC-15-003","ECO-B-149"]}