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Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-048 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

Minutes of the Board's special meeting of August 24, 2021 (vote authorizing the Commissioner to require face coverings in public schools)

Board vote authorizing the Commissioner to require masks for all students age five and older and all staff in public schools through at least October 1, 2021, with a vaccination-rate off-ramp

Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (special meeting of August 24, 2021) · Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; State level (State)

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Jurisdiction
Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; State level · Massachusetts
Level
State
Authority
603 CMR 27.08
Issued
2021-08-24 Aug. 24, 2021
Effective
2021-08-25 (Commissioner's requirement, Ex. MA-071) (read as 2021-08-25)
End
Extended by the Commissioner through the 2021-22 school year (Nov. 1, 2021; Jan. 15, 2022; Feb. 28, 2022) (read as 2021-11-01)
In force
Aug. 25, 2021 to Nov. 1, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • every public school district and charter school
  • students and staff
Functions reached
  • IN in-person instruction under universal masking
  • EMP staff masking
  • WF school workforce
  • CB families
Collection
State education and higher-education authorities AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED

Enforcement

603 CMR 27.08; the Commissioner's requirement (Ex. MA-071)

Notes

Located on DESE's BESE index (fy2022/2021-08/0824spec-minutes.docx; capture of Sept. 23, 2021); the live URL returns 404; the Commissioner's implementing requirement is Ex. MA-071

Retrieval note

The Board's index and Ex. MA-071 confirm the vote and its date; the minutes were not read.

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