{"id":"SEC-15-058","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Mississippi","state":"MS","metro":"","industry":"15","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Tate Reeves","authority":"Miss. Code Ann. 33-15-11(b)(17), (c)(1) and (4)","instrument":"Executive Order No. 1517","title":"Face coverings in schools; delayed start of the 2020-21 year for grades 7-12 in eight counties","dateIssued":"2020-08-04","effective":"2020-08-04 (school masks); grades 7-12 in Bolivar, Coahoma, Forrest, George, Hinds, Panola, Sunflower and Washington Counties not to start before August 17, 2020","end":"School mask provision continued by successor orders into 2021 (EO 1549, Mar. 2, 2021, kept K-12 masks)","startDate":"2020-08-04","endDate":"2021-03-02","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["MASK","SCH"],"addressees":["every person in Mississippi while inside a school building or classroom or on a school campus","school districts in the eight counties"],"clause":"WHEREAS, on March 19, 2020, I issued Executive Order 1460... closing all Mississippi public schools through April 17, 2020... WHEREAS, on April 22, 2020, I issued Executive Order 1476... closing all Mississippi public school buildings through the remainder of the 2019-2020 academic year... I. Every person in Mississippi shall wear a face covering, covering the nose and mouth, while inside a school building or classroom, or when outdoors on a school campus whenever it is not possible to maintain a minimum of six feet of social distancing from another person not in the same household...","enforcement":"Miss. Code Ann. 33-15-17 (misdemeanor)","functions":["IN","TR","AC","FS","WF","CB"],"notes":"The recitals fix Mississippi\u0027s 2020 closure instruments (EO 1460, Mar. 19; EO 1476, recited as Apr. 22, 2020) and the Safe Return series (EO 1492 and successors to Aug. 17, 2020).","sourceUrl":"https://www.sos.ms.gov/content/executiveorders/ExecutiveOrders/1517.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200806051843/https://www.sos.ms.gov/content/executiveorders/ExecutiveOrders/1517.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":254558,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-15","url":"/library/SEC-15-058","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-15-058","citation":"Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order No. 1517 (Aug. 4, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-058)","stateName":"Mississippi","related":[]}