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Ex. MET-SDF-046 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

JCPS universal masking requirement for the 2021-22 school year

Masks required of all students, employees and visitors regardless of vaccination status from the first day of school, August 11, 2021; Board consideration of the mandate July 27, 2021

Jefferson County Board of Education / Superintendent Marty Pollio · Jefferson County, Kentucky (Jefferson County Public Schools) (County)

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Jurisdiction
Jefferson County, Kentucky (Jefferson County Public Schools) · Louisville and Lexington · Kentucky
Level
County
Authority
KRS 160.290; district COVID-19 operations plan; CDC guidance of July 27, 2021
Issued
2021-07-27 July 27, 2021
Effective
2021-08-11
End
2022-03 (masks optional from March 2022 per Courier-Journal, Mar. 9, 2022) (read as 2022-03-09)
In force
Aug. 11, 2021 to Mar. 9, 2022
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementSchools and child careQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • JCPS students, employees and visitors
Functions reached
  • WF workforce (masked and quarantined children)
  • IN in-person instruction
  • EC child care
Collection
Louisville and Lexington MET-SDF

Operative words

(as stated by Louisville Metro Government, Ex. MET-SDF-028:) JCPS and Louisville Metro Government have since adopted these recommendations for all students, employees, and visitors.

Enforcement

school-district policy

Notes

Third-quarter-2021 district mandate, in force before and after the State's EO 2021-585 (Aug. 10, 2021) and 702 KAR 1:195E, and unaffected by SB 1's nullification of the State regulations on Sept. 9, 2021.

Retrieval note

Confirmed by Louisville Metro Government's release of Aug. 3, 2021 (Ex. MET-SDF-028) and by dated headlines (WLKY, July 14, 2021, 'JCPS mask mandate'; Louisville Public Media, July 26, 2021, 'Jefferson County Board Of Education To Consider Mask Mandate Tuesday'; WHAS11, Aug. 11, 2021; WHAS11, Sept. 9, 2021, 'JCPS families protest state bills that could change mask, quarantine policies in schools').