The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Rhode Island
- Level
- State
- Authority
- R.I. Const. art. IX; R.I. Gen. Laws tit. 30, ch. 15; tit. 23, ch. 8; EO 21-86
- Issued
- 2021-08-19 Aug. 19, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-08-19 (immediately) (read as 2021-08-19)
- End
- 2021-09-18 by its terms; extended by EO 21-97 (through Oct. 16), 21-103 (through Nov. 13), 21-110 (Nov. 12), 21-115 (Dec. 10, 2021) and into 2022 (read as 2021-09-18)
- In force
- Aug. 19, 2021 to Sept. 18, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementSchools and child care
- Addressees
- all local education agencies
- all students age 2 and older, staff, teachers and visitors to K-12 schools
- Functions reached
- IN in-person instruction conditioned on universal masking
- WF parents' and school employees' conditions of work
- EC school-age child care
- CB school suppliers and visitors
- Collection
- Rhode Island RI
Operative words
1. LEAs that have not adopted a universal indoor masking requirement shall be required to abide by a universal indoor masking protocol developed by the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH). The RIDOH protocol shall require universal indoor masking by all students (age 2 and older), staff, teachers, and visitors to K-12 schools. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately and remain in full force and effect through September 18, 2021 unless renewed, modified, or terminated by a subsequent Executive Order.
Enforcement
Binding on LEAs under tit. 30, ch. 15 and tit. 23, ch. 8; RIDOH protocol
Notes
The 2021-22 school-year masking mandate, in force from Aug. 19, 2021 through the end of the third quarter and beyond.