{"id":"VT-083","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Vermont","state":"VT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Phil Scott (official transcript of the September 8, 2021 press conference)","authority":"Executive authority over State employment (3 V.S.A. ch. 13; collective bargaining notice to the Vermont State Employees\u0027 Association); AOE/VDH advisory memoranda","instrument":"Transcript, Governor Phil Scott and Dr. Mark Levine Discuss Delta, Vaccine Effectiveness and Pandemic Divisiveness at Weekly COVID-19 Briefing","title":"State-employee vaccination requirement (24/7 facilities from Sept. 1, 2021; all executive-branch employees attest-or-test-and-mask from Sept. 15, 2021); school universal masking extended to Oct. 4, 2021","dateIssued":"2021-09-08","effective":"September 1, 2021 (Corrections, Veterans\u0027 Home, State Psychiatric Hospital); September 15, 2021 (all executive-branch employees)","end":"Continued past September 30, 2021 (later history not researched)","startDate":"2021-09-01","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["VAX","MASK","SCH","EMP"],"addressees":["State of Vermont executive branch employees (about 8,000)","Vermont State Employees Union","school districts"],"clause":"last month I announced we were moving forward with a vaccine requirement for state employees in certain areas, like Corrections, the Veterans\u0027 Home and the State Psychiatric Hospital, which went into effect on September 1... We have now notified the State Employees Union that, effective September 15, all State of Vermont executive branch employees will be required to attest they are vaccinated or be subject to at least weekly testing and mandatory masking at work... today we\u0027re updating our advisory memo asking schools to maintain the universal masking requirement, regardless of vaccination status, until October 4... By encouraging schools to implement the State\u0027s recommendations, we\u0027ve essentially achieved a universal masking requirement in schools, without a State of Emergency.","enforcement":"Condition of State employment (testing and masking for the unvaccinated or unattested); school-board policies enforced by exclusion (VT-072)","functions":["WF State workforce and contractors in State facilities","HR vaccination attestation and testing","IC infection control in State-run health and correctional facilities","IN schools","WF parents of masked and quarantined students"],"notes":"The State\u0027s third-quarter 2021 vaccination mandate and the school masking regime; the Sept. 21, 2021 transcript confirms the policy was \u0027implemented... effective this week\u0027 (VT-085).","sourceUrl":"https://governor.vermont.gov/press-release/transcript-governor-phil-scott-and-dr-mark-levine-discuss-delta-vaccine-effectiveness","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20210909232248/https://governor.vermont.gov/press-release/transcript-governor-phil-scott-and-dr-mark-levine-discuss-delta-vaccine-effectiveness","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":135605,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"VT","url":"/library/VT-083","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/VT-083","citation":"Governor Phil Scott (official transcript of the September 8, 2021 press conference), Transcript, Governor Phil Scott and Dr. Mark Levine Discuss Delta, Vaccine Effectiveness and Pandemic Divisiveness at Weekly COVID-19 Briefing (Sept. 8, 2021) (Ex. VT-083)","stateName":"Vermont","related":["VT-084","VT-085","VT-072","VT-094"]}