{"id":"SEC-15-050","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Tennessee","state":"TN","metro":"","industry":"15","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Bill Lee","authority":"Tenn. Code Ann. 58-2-107","instrument":"Executive Order No. 84","title":"An Order Regarding Mask Requirements in Schools (parental opt-out)","dateIssued":"2021-08-16","effective":"2021-08-16 through 11:59 p.m. October 5, 2021","end":"Extended by EO 89 (Sept. 30, 2021); enjoined in Shelby County (Sept. 3, 2021, W.D. Tenn., Lipman, J.), Knox County (E.D. Tenn., Greer, J.) and Williamson County (M.D. Tenn., Crenshaw, J.) in September 2021; blocked statewide Dec. 10, 2021","startDate":"2021-08-16","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","SCH","OTHER"],"addressees":["local education agencies and public K-12 schools","parents and guardians"],"clause":".. do hereby order that a student\u0027s parent or guardian shall have the right to opt out of any order or requirement for a student in kindergarten through twelfth-grade to wear a face covering at school, on a school bus, or at school functions, by affirmatively notifying in writing the local education agency or personnel at the student\u0027s school. Any law, order, rule, or regulation that would otherwise limit the enforceability of this Order is hereby suspended, pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 58-2-107.... Executive Order No. 84 shall continue in effect until 11:59 p.m., Central Time, on October 5, 2021.","enforcement":"Tenn. Code Ann. 58-2-107; suspension of conflicting law","functions":["IN","TR","AC","WF","CB"],"notes":"An order that rewrote every Tennessee school\u0027s mask policy for the quarter and that three federal courts enjoined within it.","sourceUrl":"https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/pub/execorders/exec-orders-lee84.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":428867,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-15","url":"/library/SEC-15-050","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-15-050","citation":"Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 84 (Aug. 16, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-050)","stateName":"Tennessee","related":[]}