The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Delaware
- Level
- State
- Authority
- 20 Del. C. ch. 31
- Issued
- 2020-08-26 Aug. 26, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-08-27 8:00 a.m. E.D.T. (approved Aug. 26, 2020 at 9:30 a.m.) (read as 2020-08-27)
- End
- Consolidated into the Omnibus § F Sept. 4, 2020 (DE-031) and carried to July 13, 2021 (DE-038 § C) (read as 2020-09-04)
- In force
- Aug. 27, 2020 to Sept. 4, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- local education agencies, private and parochial schools
- child care homes and centers
- school bus contractors
- students, staff, parents
- Functions reached
- IN in-person instruction under DDOE hybrid and remote models
- EC child care masking and cohorting
- TR school transport capacity
- WF workforce with school-age children
- Collection
- Delaware DE
Operative words
§ A: 'SCHOOL REOPENING: LEAs will follow the school reopening instructions provided by the DDOE.' § C.1.i: 'Students in Kindergarten and above shall wear face coverings while inside child care homes and centers and at schools at all times except for meals, naps, or when doing so would inhibit the child's health. If outside at a child care home or center or at a school, face coverings shall be worn by students (Kindergarten and above) if social distancing cannot be maintained.' § C.2: 'students must be seated a minimum of 3' apart with face coverings'; 'Child care homes and centers and schools must discontinue off-site field trips.' § C.5.i: bus 'Capacity must be limited by the number of students that can be seated three (3) or more feet apart on the school bus with face coverings (one student per row...).'
Enforcement
20 Del. C. §§ 3115(b), 3116(9), 3122, 3125 (Modification clause)
Notes
Fall 2020 school code; DDOE's reopening instructions (de.gov/schoolreopening) were incorporated by reference.
Retrieval noteRead (operative part).