The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- City of Austin, Texas · Austin · Texas
- Level
- City
- Authority
- Tex. Gov't Code ch. 418; Declaration of Local Disaster ratified by City Council Resolution No. 20200312-074
- Issued
- 2021-08-11 Aug. 11, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-08-12 12:01 a.m. (read as 2021-08-12)
- End
- 2021-08-13 9:00 a.m. (replaced by Order No. 20210813-034, Ex. MET-AUS-025) (read as 2021-08-13)
- In force
- Aug. 12, 2021 to Aug. 13, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementSchools and child care
- Addressees
- students, staff and visitors over the age of two
- all public schools including public charter schools in the City of Austin
- Functions reached
- SCH in-person instruction under masking
- WF parents' workforce availability tied to school operations
- IN school operations (education industry)
- Collection
- Austin MET-AUS
Operative words
HEREBY ORDER, EFFECTIVE AS OF 12:01 A.M. ON AUGUST 12, 2021 THAT IN THE [CITY OF AUSTIN]: SECTION 1. Face Covering Required. Students, staff, and visitors over the age of two are REQUIRED to wear a face covering while on school property or school buses during Stages 3, 4, and 5 as set forth in Austin Public Health's Risk-Based Chart. In this section, school means all public schools, including public charter schools in the City of Austin.
Enforcement
No penalty clause located in the text read; the Health Authority Rules of August 11, 2021 (Ex. MET-AUS-030) and the Commissioners Court orders (Exs. -053, -054) supply the parallel mandates
Notes
Issued thirteen days after GA-38; recites the Delta variant, pediatric admissions and the Austin Public Health Risk-Based Chart (Stage 5 from August 5, 2021, attached). Companion: Travis County Judge Order 2021-08 (Ex. MET-AUS-050) and Austin ISD's requirement (Ex. MET-AUS-089).
Retrieval noteCity Clerk stamp August 11, 2021, 5:32 p.m.