Executive Order No. 1517

The record

Jurisdiction

Mississippi

Level

State

Authority

Miss. Code Ann. 33-15-11(b)(17), (c)(1) and (4)

Issued

2020-08-04 Aug. 4, 2020

Effective

2020-08-04 (school masks); grades 7-12 in Bolivar, Coahoma, Forrest, George, Hinds, Panola, Sunflower and Washington Counties not to start before August 17, 2020 (read as 2020-08-04)

End

School mask provision continued by successor orders into 2021 (EO 1549, Mar. 2, 2021, kept K-12 masks) (read as 2021-03-02)

In force

Aug. 4, 2020 to Mar. 2, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Face-covering requirementSchools and child care

Addressees

• every person in Mississippi while inside a school building or classroom or on a school campus
• school districts in the eight counties

Functions reached

• IN
• TR
• AC
• FS
• WF
• CB

Collection

Education and Child Care SEC-15

Operative words

WHEREAS, on March 19, 2020, I issued Executive Order 1460... closing all Mississippi public schools through April 17, 2020... WHEREAS, on April 22, 2020, I issued Executive Order 1476... closing all Mississippi public school buildings through the remainder of the 2019-2020 academic year... I. Every person in Mississippi shall wear a face covering, covering the nose and mouth, while inside a school building or classroom, or when outdoors on a school campus whenever it is not possible to maintain a minimum of six feet of social distancing from another person not in the same household...

Enforcement

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