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Ex. MET-PHL-092 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

School District of Philadelphia 2021-22 health and safety plan: universal masking of students and staff regardless of vaccination status for the school year opening Aug. 31, 2021

School District of Philadelphia universal masking, 2021-22 school year

School District of Philadelphia (Superintendent William R. Hite Jr.), implementing the Mayor's and Health Commissioner's orders requiring masks indoors at schools (Exs. MET-PHL-018, 019) · City of Philadelphia / School District of Philadelphia (City)

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Jurisdiction
City of Philadelphia / School District of Philadelphia · Philadelphia · Pennsylvania
Level
City
Authority
Public School Code; the City's orders (Section 2(A)(3)(c))
Issued
2021-07-30 July 30, 2021
Effective
2021-08-31
In force
Aug. 31, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementSchools and child careQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • students, staff and visitors of the School District of Philadelphia
Functions reached
  • WF employees' children in Philadelphia schools subject to masking, screening and quarantine rules in Q3 2021
Collection
Philadelphia MET-PHL

Operative words

Order text (Exs. MET-PHL-018 and 019, Section 2(A)(3)(c)): 'Indoors, while at schools, camps, early childhood education, and other childcare settings.' District policy (press): all students and staff required to wear masks regardless of vaccination status when schools reopened Aug. 31, 2021 for full-time in-person instruction

Enforcement

Order provisions under Ex. MET-PHL-018 and the fines regulation; District policy administratively

Notes

The District operated fully remote from Mar. 16, 2020 through the 2020-21 school year until hybrid return in spring 2021 (press; not separately verified in this session)

Retrieval note

The masking requirement in schools is verified primary through the City's orders.