{"id":"SEC-15-016","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"15","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Philip D. Murphy","authority":"N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq.; N.J.S.A. 26:13-1 et seq.; P.L. 2021, c. 103","instrument":"Executive Order No. 253 (2021)","title":"Vaccination or testing requirement for all workers in preschool programs and elementary and secondary schools","dateIssued":"2021-08-23","effective":"Policy required immediately; unvaccinated covered workers subject to weekly or twice-weekly testing from October 18, 2021","end":"Rescinded 2022","startDate":"2021-10-18","endDate":"","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["VAX","EMP"],"addressees":["all public, private and parochial preschool programs and elementary and secondary schools (\u0027covered settings\u0027) and their covered workers"],"clause":"1. All public, private, and parochial preschool programs, and elementary and secondary schools, including charter and renaissance schools (\u0027covered settings\u0027), must maintain a policy that requires all covered workers to either provide adequate proof to the covered setting that they have been fully vaccinated or submit to COVID-19 testing at minimum one to two times weekly. This requirement shall take effect on October 18, 2021...","enforcement":"N.J.S.A. App. A:9-49 and -50","functions":["HR","WF","OP","IN"],"notes":"Issued and binding as a policy requirement in Q3 2021; the testing obligation attached October 18, 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://nj.gov/infobank/eo/056murphy/pdf/EO-253.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":98257,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-15","url":"/library/SEC-15-016","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-15-016","citation":"Governor Philip D. Murphy, Executive Order No. 253 (2021) (Aug. 23, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-016)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["SEC-15-017","SEC-15-015"]}