{"id":"SEC-16-043","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Kentucky","state":"KY","metro":"","industry":"16","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Andy Beshear","authority":"KRS ch. 39A","instrument":"Executive Order 2021-585","title":"Executive Order (face coverings in schools and child care)","dateIssued":"2021-08-10","effective":"2021-08-10","end":"","startDate":"2021-08-10","endDate":"2021-09-09","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","SCH"],"addressees":["all public and private pre-K-12 schools","child care"],"clause":"2. All individuals - all teachers, staff, students, and visitors - must cover their nose and mouth with a face covering when indoors in all public and private preschool, Head Start, elementary, middle, and high schools (preschool through grade 12) in Kentucky, including but not limited to inside of vehicles used for transportation such as school buses, regardless of vaccination status. 3. All staff and visitors, and all children age 2 and older who are able to wear a face covering, must cover their nose and mouth with a face covering when indoors in all child care settings in Kentucky, regardless of vaccination status.... [Recital:] The most recent CDC data show 119 of 120 Kentucky counties is at substantial or high risk of community transmission of COVID-19. The increases in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations arise as Kentucky schools begin the academic year.","enforcement":"KRS 39A.990","functions":["RE parochial and private religious schools and church child care","WF employees\u0027 children"],"notes":"Scanned (5 pages); pages 2-4 read from rendered images by the repair agent Sept. 27, 2026; paragraphs 2 and 3 now complete.","sourceUrl":"https://governor.ky.gov/attachments/20210810_Executive-Order_2021-585_Schools-Childcare.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":189324,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-16","url":"/library/SEC-16-043","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-16-043","citation":"Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2021-585 (Aug. 10, 2021) (Ex. SEC-16-043)","stateName":"Kentucky","related":["SEC-16-GM-014"]}