The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Travis County, Texas (public schools, public charter schools and public colleges) · Austin · Texas
- Level
- County
- Authority
- Tex. Health & Safety Code §§ 121.003, 81.082, 81.084, 81.086, 121.024 and 341.011; Tex. Local Gov't Code § 81.027; Tex. Gov't Code § 418.054 and chs. 418 and 791; the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for Public Health Services
- Issued
- 2021-08-17 Aug. 17, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-08-17 (immediately upon approval; recorded August 18, 2021) (read as 2021-08-17)
- End
- 2021-08-24 (renewed and continued by the Resolution and Order of August 24, 2021, Ex. MET-AUS-054; adopted rules effective through December 10, 2021) (read as 2021-08-24)
- In force
- Aug. 17, 2021 to Aug. 24, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementSchools and child care
- Addressees
- all public schools, public charter schools and public colleges in Travis County
- students, staff and visitors over the age of two
- principals, responsible staff members and administrators
- Functions reached
- SCH every public school and college campus in Travis County under masking, backed by nuisance-abatement suits
- WF parents
- IN/CP campus operations
- Collection
- Austin MET-AUS
Operative words
SECTION 3.... C. The Local Health Authority for Travis County issued Emergency Rules and Orders for public schools, including public charter schools and public colleges, in Travis County on August 16, 2021, and effective through December 10, 2021. A copy of the Emergency Rules and Order for Travis County is attached as Exhibit A. SECTION 4. DECLARATION OF NUISANCE. By this Order and pursuant to its authority under the aforementioned provisions of the Texas Health and Safety Code, the Commissioners Court declares a School that does not follow the Minimum Standards established in this Order as a public health nuisance because it is a place or condition that is a possible and probable medium of COVID-19 transmission in or between humans. SECTION 5. PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCE. A School that does not comply with Minimum Health Standards described in this Order maintains a public health nuisance that is subject to abatement.... SECTION 7. MINIMUM STANDARDS. Face Covering Applicable to School. A. 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 Travis County.
Enforcement
SECTION 8. ENFORCEMENT: A. Through a civil suit filed in district court for injunctive relief that requires specific conduct necessary to abate the public health nuisance and prohibits specific conduct that constitutes a public health nuisance; B. the County Attorney authorized to file civil suits; SECTION 9 non-exclusivity
Notes
Recital 12 states that health authorities may impose communicable disease control measures 'unless specifically preempted' - the County's stated legal position against GA-38. Section 6 'Community Expectations' encourages sites to incentivize vaccination.
Retrieval noteRecording no. 2021184887, August 18, 2021, 3:32 p.m.).