{"id":"VT-072","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Vermont","state":"VT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Secretary of Education Daniel M. French","authority":"16 V.S.A. §§ 563, 834, 242","instrument":"Agency of Education memorandum to superintendents, UPDATED: School District Authority to Require Masks","title":"School boards may require masks as a condition of attendance and exclude non-compliant students","dateIssued":"2021-08-18","effective":"2021-08-18","end":"n/a","startDate":"2021-08-18","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["SCH","MASK"],"addressees":["superintendents and school boards"],"clause":"a school district can require compliance with a locally-adopted mask policy... School district boards are given broad authority to \u0027take any action that is required for the sound administration of the school district.\u0027 16 V.S.A. § 563... A school district may adopt a policy requiring students to wear a mask at school, and may enforce the policy by refusing to admit a student who does not comply, as is the case with other school district attendance requirements.","enforcement":"Local school-board policy enforced by exclusion from school","functions":["IN instruction","WF workforce (excluded children at home)","AC activities"],"notes":"The legal basis on which \u0027every school but one\u0027 adopted a masking requirement in August-September 2021 (VT-083, VT-085); school boards are governmental bodies.","sourceUrl":"https://education.vermont.gov/sites/aoe/files/documents/edu-memo-school-disctrict-mask-authority.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":511446,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"VT","url":"/library/VT-072","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/VT-072","citation":"Secretary of Education Daniel M. French, Agency of Education memorandum to superintendents, UPDATED: School District Authority to Require Masks (Aug. 18, 2021) (Ex. VT-072)","stateName":"Vermont","related":["VT-083","VT-085","VT-047","VT-094"]}