Ballotpedia (secondary source), Ballotpedia, 'School responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during the 2021-2022 academic year' (Aug. 1, 2022) (Ex. ECO-B-107)
Ballotpedia, School responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during the 2021-2022 academic year (school mask requirements and bans, staff and student vaccine requirements, litigation) (Aug. 1, 2022) (Ex. SEC-15-003)
Arkansas General Assembly (93rd, Regular Session); approved by the Governor, Act 1002 of 2021 (SB 590) (Apr. 28, 2021) (Ex. AR-031)
Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, Arkansas Department of Education, with the Arkansas Department of Health, 2021-2022 COVID-19 Guidance for Schools (revised July 27, 2021) (Ex. AR-080)
Supreme Court of Arkansas, Hickey v. McClane, No. CV-21-421, Formal Order (Ark. Sept. 30, 2021) (Ex. AR-081)
Public Health and Health Planning Council and Commissioner of Health (Howard A. Zucker, M.D.), Emergency regulation, 10 NYCRR 2.60, Face Coverings for COVID-19 Prevention (repealing Subpart 66-3) (Aug. 27, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-054)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 224 (July 29, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-061)
Governor JB Pritzker, Executive Order 2021-18 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 85) (Aug. 4, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-079)
Acting Secretary of Health David R. Scrase, M.D., New Mexico Department of Health, Public Health Emergency Order of August 17, 2021 (masks): face masks required in all indoor public settings, including schools, regardless of vaccination status (Aug. 17, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-091)
Governor John Carney, Executive Order of August 10, 2021 requiring masks indoors in public and private schools, effective August 16, 2021 (Aug. 10, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-145)
Kentucky Board of Education (emergency regulation) and Governor (EO 2021-585), Kentucky Board of Education emergency regulation requiring masks in public schools (Aug. 12, 2021), following EO 2021-585 (Ex. ECO-B-146)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation of August 2, 2021 (reported as 137 JBE 2021) reinstating the statewide indoor mask mandate including K-12 schools and colleges (Aug. 2, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-147)
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (Commissioner, under Board vote of Aug. 24, 2021), DESE mask requirement for all public school students (age 5+) and staff, August 25, 2021 (Aug. 25, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-149)
Governor Steve Sisolak, Emergency Directive requiring face coverings in schools (2021-22), within the statewide indoor mask directive of July 27, 2021 (Directive 047) and school directives of August 2021 (Ex. ECO-B-150)
New Mexico Public Education Department, Public Education Department order requiring masks in schools, 2021-22 (Aug. 17, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-151)
Secretary of Health (Order 20-03 series) and Governor (Proclamation 20-9.4, July 30, 2021), Secretary of Health Order 20-03 (face coverings) as amended, and Proclamation 20-9.4 (K-12 schools, July 30, 2021): masks required in K-12 schools for 2021-22 (Ex. ECO-B-152)
Governor David Y. Ige (emergency proclamations) and Department of Education, Emergency proclamation mask requirements applied to schools, 2021-22 (Aug. 5, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-154)
State legislatures and governors, State laws and orders barring school districts from requiring masks (2021) (May 20, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-157)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1551 (Apr. 30, 2021) (Ex. MS-053)
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, StrongSchoolsNC Public Health Toolkit (K-12), Interim Guidance, published June 2020, updated July 21 and August 10, 2021 (Aug. 10, 2021) (Ex. NC-072)
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham; Public Education Secretary Ryan Stewart, K-12 public school closure (Mar. 13, 2020, effective Mar. 16 through Apr. 3; extended Mar. 27, 2020 through the end of the 2019-20 school year) and PED 'Reentry Guidance' (June 20, 2020) and 'COVID-19 Response Toolkit for New Mexico's Public Schools' (2021-22) (Ex. NM-077)
Governor Steve Sisolak, Declaration of Emergency Directive 044 (Transition to Local Control), Apr. 19, 2021, ss. 4, 5, 6 (Ex. NV-038)
Governor Steve Sisolak, Declaration of Emergency Directive 048 (Aug. 4, 2021) (Ex. NV-042)
Oklahoma Legislature (58th Leg., 1st Sess.); approved by Governor Stitt May 28, 2021, Senate Bill 658 (2021) (May 28, 2021) (Ex. OK-043)
California Department of Public Health, COVID-19 Public Health Guidance for K-12 Schools in California, 2021-22 School Year (originally published July 12, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-024)
Governor JB Pritzker, Executive Order 2021-18 (masks in all public and nonpublic P-12 schools), followed by EO 2021-20 (Aug. 26, 2021; statewide indoor masks; school and higher-education vaccination-or-testing) (Aug. 4, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-026)
Governor JB Pritzker, Executive Order 2021-22 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 87) (Sept. 3, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-027)
Governor Ron DeSantis, Executive Order 21-175 (July 30, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-040)
Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Jeffrey C. Riley, under authority voted by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Aug. 24, 2021, DESE mask requirement for all public K-12 students, staff and visitors for 2021-22 (issued Aug. 25, 2021; extended Sept. 27, Oct. 26, 2021 and Jan. 10, 2022) (Ex. SEC-15-081)
Maryland State Board of Education, Emergency regulation COMAR 13A.01.07 (universal masking in all public schools), adopted Aug. 26, 2021; approved by the AELR Committee Sept. 14, 2021 (Ex. SEC-15-082)
Governor Steve Sisolak, Emergency Directive 048 (Aug. 4, 2021; face coverings for staff and students in public, private and charter schools in counties over 100,000 population) as amended the same day (Ex. SEC-15-083)
Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division, OAR 333-019-1015 (Aug. 2, 2021; masking requirements for K-12 schools, public and private) and OAR 333-019-1030 (Aug. 25, 2021; COVID-19 vaccination requirement for teachers and school staff by Oct. 18, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-086)
New York State Department of Health (Commissioner Howard Zucker, M.D., on direction of Governor Kathy Hochul), Emergency regulations: 10 NYCRR 2.60 (Aug. 27, 2021; universal masking in all public and private P-12 schools) and 10 NYCRR 2.62 (Sept. 2, 2021; weekly testing of unvaccinated school personnel) (Ex. SEC-15-087)
Arizona Legislature (HB 2898, budget reconciliation, signed June 30, 2021); Maricopa County Superior Court (Cooper, J.), A.R.S. 15-342.05 (prohibiting school districts and charter schools from requiring face coverings), effective Sept. 29, 2021; held unconstitutional Sept. 27, 2021 (Arizona School Boards Ass'n v. State, Maricopa County Superior Court), affirmed Nov. 2, 2021 (Ariz.) (June 30, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-088)
South Carolina General Assembly (2021-22 Appropriations Act, H. 4100, Proviso 1.108); U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina (Lewis, J.), Proviso 1.108 (no school district may use appropriated funds to require students or staff to wear face masks); upheld by the South Carolina Supreme Court Sept. 2, 2021 (City of Columbia); enforcement enjoined Sept. 28, 2021 (Disability Rights South Carolina v. McMaster) (June 22, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-089)
Texas Education Agency (Commissioner Mike Morath), TEA Public Health Planning Guidance for the 2020-21 school year (July 7, 2020; on-campus instruction with masks required; parental choice of remote; attendance-funding flexibility of July 14-17, 2020 for up to eight weeks of remote instruction), and the Aug. 5 and Aug. 19, 2021 public health guidance (mask provision not enforced during the GA-38 litigation) (Ex. SEC-15-090)
