The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Johnson County, Kansas · Kansas City · Missouri
- Level
- County
- Authority
- K.S.A. 65-119(a); K.S.A. 65-201, 65-202; K.S.A. 60-5502; state of local disaster emergency of Mar. 19, 2020 (renewed May 28, 2020, 'remains in place')
- Issued
- 2021-08-05 Aug. 5, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-08-09 12:01 a.m. (read as 2021-08-09)
- End
- 2022-05-31 11:59 p.m. by its terms (§ V) (read as 2022-05-31)
- In force
- Aug. 9, 2021 to May 31, 2022
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementSchools and child care
- Addressees
- public and private schools for students up to and including 6th grade
- all children, faculty, staff and visitors inside such buildings
- all school bus riders
- boards of education and private-school governing bodies (enforcement)
- Functions reached
- IN in-person instruction (private schools)
- SCH
- WF workforce (school staff; parents of K-6 children)
- TR school transport
- EC extended care in school buildings
- Collection
- Kansas City MET-KC
Operative words
public and private schools for students up to and including 6th grade shall require the following: a. Masks or other face coverings are required for all children while inside a school building where any students through and including 6th grade attend class, unless actively eating or drinking.... b. Masks or other face coverings are required for all faculty, staff, and visitors while inside a school building where any students through and including 6th grade attend class... d. All bus riders must wear a mask when riding on a school bus (§ I.1)... This Order shall apply to all public and private K-12 schools within Johnson County. The Board of Education for each unified school district within Johnson County and the respective governing body of each K-12 private school within Johnson County shall be responsible for enforcement of this Order. (§ II)... This Order is effective at 12:01 A.M. on Monday, the 9th day of August 2021, and shall remain in effect through 11:59 P.M. on May 31, 2022 (§ V)
Enforcement
§ II: each board of education and private-school governing body responsible for enforcement; § IV 'public health directive' under K.S.A. 60-5502
Notes
Adopted 5-2 (Johnson County Post, Aug. 5, 2021); Shawnee Mission, Olathe and USD 232 adopted universal masking for all grades; challenged under SB 40 in the Johnson County District Court (M.M.C., Sept. 2021; Judge Hauber); in force on Sept. 30, 2021