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Emergency Order amending 14 DE Admin. Code 933, DELACARE: Regulations for Early Care and Education and School-Age Centers, § 5.3

DDOE Emergency Order: masks required of children kindergarten through twelfth grade, staff, family members and visitors inside child care centers and on child care buses; recommended for ages 2 to pre-kindergarten (repealing and replacing the Aug. 12, 2021 order)

Susan S. Bunting, Ed.D., Secretary of Education, Department of Education (Office of Child Care Licensing) · Delaware (Sector regulator)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Delaware
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
14 Del. C. §§ 122(b)(2), 3003A; 29 Del. C. § 10119
Issued
2021-08-13 Aug. 13, 2021
Effective
2021-08-16 (120 days) (read as 2021-08-16)
End
2021-12-13 (renewed Dec. 14, 2021, Public Archives) (read as 2021-12-13)
In force
Aug. 16, 2021 to Dec. 13, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementSchools and child care
Addressees
  • all persons or associations conducting child care under 14 Del. C. § 3002A(1) (early care and education and school-age centers)
  • children, staff, family members, visitors
Functions reached
  • EC child care centers and school-age programs under mandatory masking
  • WF workforce dependent on child care
Collection
Delaware DE

Operative words

'5.3.1. All persons or associations conducting child care as defined in 14 Del.C. §3002A(1) shall recommend mask use by children ages 2 through pre-kindergarten and shall require mask use by children in kindergarten through twelfth grade, staff, family members, and visitors inside the child care facility, regardless of vaccination status.... 5.3.4. All child care facilities that provide bus service to and from the child care facility shall recommend mask use by children ages 2 through pre-kindergarten and shall require mask use by children in kindergarten through twelfth grade, faculty, staff, and visitors riding school buses, regardless of vaccination status. This Emergency Order shall take effect on August 16, 2021 and shall remain in effect for 120 days.'

Enforcement

Child care licensing under 14 Del. C. ch. 30A; 29 Del. C. § 10119

Notes

Parallel DDOE emergency orders of Aug. 13, 2021 amended 934 (family child care homes, DE-066), 938 (youth camps), 815 (school health screening) and 105 (residential child care) (Public Archives index; 25 Del. Reg. 227-244 (Sept. 1, 2021)).

Retrieval note

Read in full; upgrades the bundled DE-13 (933 specifics 'verified_secondary until read') to verified_primary.