Executive Order No. 253 (2021)

The record

Jurisdiction

New Jersey

Level

State

Authority

N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq. (State of Emergency); P.L. 2021, c. 103, sec. 5

Issued

2021-08-23 Aug. 23, 2021

Effective

2021-08-23 (immediately); vaccination-or-testing requirement "shall take effect on October 18, 2021"; para. 9 (documentation for mask exemptions) operative from issuance (read as 2021-08-23)

End

Until revoked or modified (compliance date Oct. 18, 2021 falls in Q4 2021) (read as 2021-10-18)

In force

Aug. 23, 2021 to Oct. 18, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing

Addressees

• all public, private and parochial preschool programs and elementary and secondary schools
• covered workers: administrators, teachers, support professionals, food, custodial and administrative staff, substitutes, contractors, providers and volunteers with regular visits

Functions reached

• HR school staffing, contractors and vendors (food service, custodial, transportation, tutoring companies) under vaccination-or-testing policies
• WF workforce (school exclusion and mask-exemption documentation)
• PL staffing placements at school sites

Collection

New Jersey NJ

Operative words

Para. 1: "All public, private, and parochial preschool programs, and elementary and secondary schools, including charter and renaissance schools ('covered settings'), must maintain a policy that requires all covered workers to either provide adequate proof to the covered setting that they have been fully vaccinated or submit to COVID-19 testing at minimum one to two times weekly. This requirement shall take effect on October 18, 2021". Para. 5: covered workers include "all individuals employed by the covered setting, both full- and part-time, including, but not limited to, administrators, teachers, educational support professionals, individuals providing food, custodial, and administrative support services, substitute teachers, whether employed directly by a covered setting or otherwise contracted, contractors, providers, and any other individuals performing work in covered settings whose job duties require them to make regular visits to such covered settings, including volunteers." Para. 9: mask-exemption policies "must require individuals seeking a medical exemption from mask wearing under Paragraphs 1(a) - (c) of that Order to produce written documentation from a medical professional to support the exemption. Self-attestations and parental attestations are not sufficient for this purpose."

Enforcement

Notes