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Ex. ECO-B-051 Order Primary source read

Executive Order 2021-585

State of Emergency: face coverings required indoors in all public and private preschool through grade 12 schools (including school buses) and in all child care settings, regardless of vaccination status

Governor Andy Beshear · Kentucky (State)

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Jurisdiction
Kentucky
Level
State
Authority
Ky. Const.; KRS Chapter 39A; EO 2020-215 (Mar. 6, 2020 State of Emergency)
Issued
2021-08-10 Aug. 10, 2021
Effective
August 10, 2021 (read as 2021-08-10)
End
Suspended by state law September 9, 2021 (Ballotpedia: Kentucky Board of Education order 'Sept. 9, 2021 - Suspended by state law'; Ex. ECO-B-107). (read as 2021-09-09)
In force
Aug. 10, 2021 to Sept. 9, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementSchools and child care
Addressees
  • all teachers, staff, students and visitors of public and private preschool, Head Start, elementary, middle and high schools
  • all staff, visitors and children age 2 and older in child care settings
Functions reached
  • WF (school and child-care staff; parents)
  • SCH
Collection
Workforce, schools and child care ECO-B

Operative words

'2. All individuals - all teachers, staff, students, and visitors - must cover their nose and mouth with a face covering when indoors in all public and private preschool, Head Start, elementary, middle, and high schools (preschool through grade 12) in Kentucky, including but not limited to inside of vehicles used for transportation such as school buses, regardless of vaccination status. 3. All staff and visitors, and all children age 2 and older who are able to wear a face covering, must cover their nose and mouth with a face covering when indoors in all child care settings in Kentucky, regardless of vaccination status.' Recitals: 'The most recent CDC data show 119 of 120 Kentucky counties is at substantial or high risk of community transmission'; 'vaccines remain unavailable for approximately 661,500 Kentucky children age 11 and under.'

Enforcement

KRS 39A.990

Retrieval note

Image scan; pages 1-4 of 5 read visually.