{"id":"TN-036","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Tennessee","state":"TN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Bill Lee","authority":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-107 (recited); EO 83 emergency","instrument":"Executive Order No. 84","title":"An Order Regarding Mask Requirements in Schools","dateIssued":"2021-08-16","effective":"Aug. 16, 2021","end":"11:59 p.m. Oct. 5, 2021; extended by EO 89 to Nov. 5 and EO 91 to Nov. 19, 2021; terminated by EO 92 on Nov. 12, 2021; enjoined as to Shelby County (G.S. v. Lee, W.D. Tenn., TRO Sept. 3, 2021), Williamson County and Franklin SSD (R.K. v. Lee, M.D. Tenn., Sept. 24, 2021, Ex. TN-067) and Knox County (S.B. v. Lee, E.D. Tenn., Oct. 12, 2021, Ex. TN-068)","startDate":"2021-08-16","endDate":"2021-10-05","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["SCH","MASK"],"addressees":["local education agencies and schools (K-12)","parents and guardians"],"clause":"I, Bill Lee, Governor of the State of Tennessee, having declared a continuing state of emergency by Executive Order No. 83, dated August 6, 2021, and by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by the Tennessee Constitution and other applicable law including Tennessee Code Annotated § 58-2-107, 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","enforcement":"Suspension of contrary law, order, rule or regulation under Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-107","functions":["IN/SCH school-board mask requirements overridden by parental opt-out in every district Aug. 16-Nov. 12, 2021 (except where enjoined)","WF parents\u0027 workforce availability turned on school operating rules and quarantines","CB school-age population"],"notes":"The State\u0027s principal Q3 2021 school instrument; it presupposes the \u0027continuing state of emergency\u0027 of EO 83; the federal courts found it \u0027appears to violate federal law and must yield\u0027 (R.K. v. Lee, Ex. TN-067) and reduced boards\u0027 mandates to \u0027a mere paper tiger\u0027 (S.B. v. Lee, Ex. TN-068)","sourceUrl":"https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/pub/execorders/exec-orders-lee84.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":428867,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TN","url":"/library/TN-036","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TN-036","citation":"Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 84 (Aug. 16, 2021) (Ex. TN-036)","stateName":"Tennessee","related":["TN-067","TN-068","TN-035","TN-034","TN-037","TN-038","TN-033","TN-039","TN-040","TN-041"]}