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Ex. MT-088 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

School district mask requirements for the 2021-22 school year (Missoula, Bozeman, Helena, Billings, Whitefish)

2021-22 school district mask requirements (Montana)

Boards of Trustees of the named school districts · Missoula County Public Schools; Bozeman, Helena, Billings and Whitefish school districts, Montana (City)

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Jurisdiction
Missoula County Public Schools; Bozeman, Helena, Billings and Whitefish school districts, Montana · Montana
Level
City
Authority
Mont. Code Ann. Title 20 (school district trustees' authority over school operations), subject to DPHHS Temporary Emergency Rule I (MAR 37-960)
Issued
2021-08-31 Aug. 31, 2021
Effective
August-September 2021 (adoption dates by district not verified) (read as 2021-08-31)
End
Open-ended in Q3 2021, subject to the parental opt-out rule of Aug. 31, 2021 (read as 2021-08-31)
In force
Aug. 31, 2021 to Aug. 31, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementSchools and child care
Addressees
  • students, staff and visitors of the named districts
Functions reached
  • IN in-person instruction
  • WF workforce (school conditions for employees' children)
  • AC activities
Collection
Montana MT

Operative words

The article names five districts that adopted mask mandates for the 2021-22 school year - Missoula, Whitefish, Bozeman, Billings, and Helena (Daily Montanan, Aug. 31, 2021); Missoula County Public Schools Superintendent Rob Watson stated 'the district's mask mandate will be enforced' (Montana Public Radio, Sept. 1, 2021)

Enforcement

District policy; conditioned by MAR 37-960 opt-outs

Notes

Q3 2021 school-level orders in force in Montana's five largest districts by enrollment area

Retrieval note

date_issued is the date of the report, not of any board resolution; 'level' coded city for want of a school-district code.