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Executive Order 2021-585

State of Emergency: face coverings required in all public and private preschool through grade 12 schools and in all child-care settings, regardless of vaccination status

Governor Andy Beshear · Kentucky (State)

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Jurisdiction
Kentucky
Level
State
Authority
Ky. Const.; KRS ch. 39A
Issued
2021-08-10 Aug. 10, 2021
Effective
2021-08-10 4:00 p.m. (30 days) (read as 2021-08-10)
End
Terminated Sept. 7, 2021 by 2021 SS HJR 1 sec. 1 (not among the extended orders); would in any event have expired Sept. 9, 2021 under KRS 39A.090(2) as amended by SB 1 (read as 2021-09-07)
In force
Aug. 10, 2021 to Sept. 7, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementSchools and child care
Addressees
  • all public and private preschool, Head Start, elementary, middle and high schools
  • all child-care settings
  • teachers, staff, students, visitors, children age 2 and older
Functions reached
  • IN instruction
  • TR school transport
  • EC child care
  • WF (parents; child-care staffing)
  • CB families
Collection
Kentucky KY

Operative words

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.... 5. This Order is effective at 4:00 p.m. on August 10, 2021, for a period of 30 days, and is subject to renewal.

Enforcement

KRS ch. 39A

Notes

Recitals: 119 of 120 counties at substantial or high transmission; hospitalizations 'doubling every two weeks'; Governor's release of Aug. 10, 2021 (prId=914) and KDE's Aug. 12 special meeting on 702 KAR 1:195E

Retrieval note

A Q3 2021 State order limiting group meetings at every school and child-care center in the Commonwealth.