The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- M.G.L. c. 69, sec. 1B; 603 CMR (Board vote of Aug. 24, 2021)
- Issued
- 2021-08-25 Aug. 25, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-08-25 through Oct. 1, 2021 (extended to Nov. 1, 2021, Jan. 15 and Feb. 28, 2022; vaccination-based opt-out for schools at 80 percent from Oct. 1, 2021) (read as 2021-08-25)
- End
- 2022-02-28
- In force
- Aug. 25, 2021 to Feb. 28, 2022
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementSchools and child care
- Addressees
- public K-12 schools (students, staff, visitors)
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Education and Child Care SEC-15
Enforcement
DESE authority over public schools; private schools governed by local boards of health
Notes
Ballotpedia (Ex. SEC-15-003): 'Aug. 24, 2021: The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) voted to allow Commissioner Jeffrey Riley to implement a mask mandate for K-12 public school teachers, staff, and students... Massachusetts' 2020 instruments (COVID-19 Order No. 5?
Retrieval noteAnd authorizes the Commissioner to require masks for public school students (age 5 and above) and staff in all grades through at least October 1, 2021', under G.L. c. 69, s. 1B and 603 CMR 27.08(1)), a Word file from the Board's Aug. 2021 meeting folder (folder listing captured Aug. 25, 2021; the file itself from the archive's June 5, 2024 capture); text read. The Commissioner's Aug. 20, 2021 memorandum recommending the mandate is saved beside it as Sector/IND-15_education-childcare/SEC-15-081_MA-DESE-Commissioner-Memo-Recommendation-Mask-Requirement_2021-08-20.docx (sha256 629546a140c8f36fb90136b8062572905c57a97461bb9db1fd40d795c5dcfffa; capture June 3, 2024). The Commissioner's Aug. 25, 2021 mask requirement document itself was not located in the archive, so the grade stays verified_secondary for that instrument; the Board's authorizing motion is primary.