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Executive Order 2020-185

Amendments to the Provision of preK-12 education for the 2020-2021 school year order (EO 2020-142): classroom masks for all students in kindergarten and up

Governor Gretchen Whitmer · Michigan (State)

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Jurisdiction
Michigan
Level
State
Authority
MCL 30.403; MCL 10.31
Issued
2020-09-25 Sept. 25, 2020
Effective
2020-10-05 12:01 am (read as 2020-10-05)
End
2020-10-02 (held invalid with the other post-April 30 orders; MDHHS orders of October 2020 and the MI Safe Schools roadmap carried school masking forward)
In force
Oct. 5, 2020 (no end date recorded; counted as in force for 120 days)
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementSchools and child care
Addressees
  • school districts and nonpublic schools
  • students and staff
Functions reached
  • IN in-person instruction
  • WF workforce (parents; school quarantine cascades)
Collection
Michigan MI

Operative words

1. Section 2(b)(1)(D) is amended to provide: 'All students in grades kindergarten and up when in classrooms.' 2. Section 2(b)(1)(E) is rescinded. 3.... 'School districts and nonpublic schools must publish information about any cases of a probable or confirmed COVID-19 positive individual present on school property or at a school function during the period of infection...' 4. This order is effective October 5, 2020 at 12:01 am.

Enforcement

Condition of operating under EO 2020-142's phased school plan

Notes

EO 2020-142 (June 30, 2020) required every district to adopt a COVID-19 Preparedness Plan keyed to the MI Safe Start phases; remote-only instruction in Phases 1-3.

Retrieval note

Scheduled for Oct. 5, 2020; held invalid Oct. 2, 2020 before taking effect.