{"id":"MET-ATL-056","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Fulton County, Georgia (Fulton County School District)","state":"GA","metro":"ATL","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Fulton County Schools (Superintendent and Board of Education)","authority":"O.C.G.A. § 20-2-59 (local board control of schools); district COVID-19 protocols","instrument":"Fulton County Schools Mask Update (effective May 3 and May 17, 2021) restating the 2020-21 mask requirement","title":"Mask Update: masks recommended but not required outdoors from May 3/17, 2021; all other COVID-19 mitigation, including masks inside every FCS facility, remains in force for the balance of 2020-21 and the Summer FOCUS program","dateIssued":"2021-04-23","effective":"2021-05-03 (grades 9-12 outdoors) and 2021-05-17 (PK-8 outdoors)","end":"End of the 2020-21 school year and Summer FOCUS (July 2021); 2021-22 protocols followed","startDate":"2021-05-03","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["SCH","MASK","CAP"],"addressees":["students, staff and visitors of Fulton County Schools"],"clause":"All other existing COVID-19 risk mitigation strategies will remain [in force] for the balance of the 2020-21 school year. This includes requiring all staff, students and visitors to wear a mask while inside an FCS facility, and adhere to recommended social distancing, surface sanitizing, and handwashing. The district\u0027s Summer FOCUS Plan is an extension of the 2020-21 school year and existing COVID-19 protocols will remain in effect.","enforcement":"District protocol","functions":["WF workforce (parents of 90,000 students; school schedules and protocols)","SCH schools","CB (school vendors, transportation, food service)"],"notes":"Fulton County Schools, the State\u0027s fourth-largest district, kept universal indoor masking through the 2020-21 year and its July 2021 summer program.","sourceUrl":"https://www.fultonschools.org/cms/lib/GA50000114/Centricity/Domain/228/MaskUpdate.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210424212549id_/https://www.fultonschools.org/cms/lib/GA50000114/Centricity/Domain/228/MaskUpdate.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":644285,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-ATL","url":"/library/MET-ATL-056","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-ATL-056","citation":"Fulton County Schools (Superintendent and Board of Education), Fulton County Schools Mask Update (effective May 3 and May 17, 2021) restating the 2020-21 mask requirement (Apr. 23, 2021) (Ex. MET-ATL-056)","stateName":"Georgia","related":[]}