{"id":"AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-048","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; State level","state":"MA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED","eco":"","issuer":"Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (special meeting of August 24, 2021)","authority":"603 CMR 27.08","instrument":"Minutes of the Board\u0027s special meeting of August 24, 2021 (vote authorizing the Commissioner to require face coverings in public schools)","title":"Board vote authorizing the Commissioner to require masks for all students age five and older and all staff in public schools through at least October 1, 2021, with a vaccination-rate off-ramp","dateIssued":"2021-08-24","effective":"2021-08-25 (Commissioner\u0027s requirement, Ex. MA-071)","end":"Extended by the Commissioner through the 2021-22 school year (Nov. 1, 2021; Jan. 15, 2022; Feb. 28, 2022)","startDate":"2021-08-25","endDate":"2021-11-01","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","SCH","EMP"],"addressees":["every public school district and charter school","students and staff"],"clause":"","enforcement":"603 CMR 27.08; the Commissioner\u0027s requirement (Ex. MA-071)","functions":["IN in-person instruction under universal masking","EMP staff masking","WF school workforce","CB families"],"notes":"Located on DESE\u0027s BESE index (fy2022/2021-08/0824spec-minutes.docx; capture of Sept. 23, 2021); the live URL returns 404; the Commissioner\u0027s implementing requirement is Ex. MA-071","sourceUrl":"https://www.doe.mass.edu/bese/docs/fy2022/2021-08/0824spec-minutes.docx","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210923025144/https://www.doe.mass.edu/bese/docs/fy2022/2021-08/0824spec-minutes.docx","fileExists":false,"fileBytes":0,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED","url":"/library/AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-048","exhibitUrl":null,"citation":"Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (special meeting of August 24, 2021), Minutes of the Board\u0027s special meeting of August 24, 2021 (vote authorizing the Commissioner to require face coverings in public schools) (Aug. 24, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-048)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":["MA-071"]}