{"id":"SEC-15-030","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Iowa","state":"IA","metro":"","industry":"15","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Iowa General Assembly (89th G.A.); Governor Kim Reynolds (signed)","authority":"Iowa Code ch. 280 as amended (new section 280.31); Act effective on enactment","instrument":"House File 847 (2021), Division on facial covering policies (counties, cities and schools), new Iowa Code section 280.31","title":"An Act relating to education, including... facial covering policies","dateIssued":"2021-05-20","effective":"2021-05-20 (effective upon enactment)","end":"Preliminarily enjoined as to schools Sept. 13 and Oct. 8, 2021 (Arc of Iowa v. Reynolds, S.D. Iowa); injunction narrowed Jan. 25, 2022 and lifted May 16, 2022 (8th Cir.)","startDate":"2021-05-20","endDate":"2021-10-08","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","SCH","OTHER"],"addressees":["boards of directors of school districts","authorities in charge of accredited nonpublic schools","counties and cities"],"clause":"FACIAL COVERING POLICIES -- COUNTIES, CITIES, AND SCHOOLS. Sec. 28. NEW SECTION. 280.31 Facial coverings. The board of directors of a school district... [and] the authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school shall not adopt, enforce, or implement a policy that requires its employees, students, or members of the public to wear a facial covering for any purpose while on the school district\u0027s or accredited nonpublic school\u0027s property unless the facial covering is necessary for a specific extracurricular or instructional purpose, or is required by [other law].","enforcement":"Iowa Code ch. 280; Department of Education accreditation; injunction litigation","functions":["IN","TR","AC","WF","CB"],"notes":"Reached accredited nonpublic schools by name; the September 13, 2021 injunction (Pratt, J.) restored districts\u0027 authority for the balance of the quarter.","sourceUrl":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/89/HF847.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":71972,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-15","url":"/library/SEC-15-030","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-15-030","citation":"Iowa General Assembly (89th G.A.); Governor Kim Reynolds (signed), House File 847 (2021), Division on facial covering policies (counties, cities and schools), new Iowa Code section 280.31 (May 20, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-030)","stateName":"Iowa","related":[]}