Executive Order No. 84

The record

Jurisdiction

Tennessee

Level

State

Authority

Tenn. Code Ann. 58-2-107

Issued

2021-08-16 Aug. 16, 2021

Effective

2021-08-16 through 11:59 p.m. October 5, 2021 (read as 2021-08-16)

End

Extended by EO 89 (Sept. 30, 2021); enjoined in Shelby County (Sept. 3, 2021, W.D. Tenn., Lipman, J.), Knox County (E.D. Tenn., Greer, J.) and Williamson County (M.D. Tenn., Crenshaw, J.) in September 2021; blocked statewide Dec. 10, 2021 (read as 2021-09-30)

In force

Aug. 16, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOther

Addressees

• local education agencies and public K-12 schools
• parents and guardians

Functions reached

• IN
• TR
• AC
• WF
• CB

Collection

Education and Child Care SEC-15

Operative words

.. do hereby order that a student's parent or guardian shall have the right to opt out of any order or requirement for a student in kindergarten through twelfth-grade to wear a face covering at school, on a school bus, or at school functions, by affirmatively notifying in writing the local education agency or personnel at the student's school. Any law, order, rule, or regulation that would otherwise limit the enforceability of this Order is hereby suspended, pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 58-2-107.... Executive Order No. 84 shall continue in effect until 11:59 p.m., Central Time, on October 5, 2021.

Enforcement

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