The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Washington
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- Proclamation 20-09.4 (in-person learning prohibited unless the school complies with 'the Department of Health's requirements for K-12 schools'); Order of the Secretary of Health 20-03.4 (face coverings in schools)
- Issued
- 2021-07-28 July 28, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-22 school year (from late August / September 2021) (read as 2021-07-28)
- End
- Revised through the 2021-22 school year; masking requirement ended March 12, 2022 (read as 2022-03-12)
- In force
- July 28, 2021 to Mar. 12, 2022
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementSchools and child careQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- all public and private K-12 schools
- Functions reached
- IN
- WF (quarantine of exposed students kept parents home)
- AC
- FS
- Collection
- Washington WA
Enforcement
Through Proclamation 20-09.4 (RCW 43.06.220(5)) and Order 20-03.4
Notes
Universal indoor masking for students and staff regardless of vaccination status; physical distancing; isolation of cases and quarantine of unvaccinated close contacts; testing programs. Existence, date and gist are from Proclamation 20-09.4 (which incorporates it), Order 20-03.4 (schools listed among settings where all persons mask), the DOH news release of July 28, 2021 as reported by school districts, and the Sept. 28, 2021 Spectator Events requirements (K-12 stadiums).
Retrieval noteThe DOH URL is dead and the Wayback Machine returned connection failures for its captures in this session; the requirement is proved through Ex. WA-075 and Ex. WA-078 (both verified_primary). Cite by category or through those exhibits.