School responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during the 2021-2022 academic year (school mask requirements and bans, staff and student vaccine requirements, litigation)

The record

Jurisdiction

United States (fifty States)

Level

Other

Authority

Secondary tracker

Issued

2022-08-01 Aug. 1, 2022

Effective

Covers July 2021-Aug. 2022 (read as 2022-08-01)

In force

Aug. 1, 2022 (no end date recorded; counted as in force for 120 days)

Quarters

2021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolation

Addressees

• schools
• school staff

Functions reached

• IN
• EC
• TR
• AC
• HR
• WF
• CB

Collection

Education and Child Care SEC-15

Operative words

Table 'Mask requirement orders' (as of the end of 2021-22): Requirement: California (CDPH order), Connecticut (EO), Delaware (EO), Hawaii (EO), Illinois (IDPH order), Kentucky (Board of Education order, 'Sept. 9, 2021 - Suspended by state law'), Louisiana (EO), Maryland (State Board order), Massachusetts (DESE order), Nevada (EO), New Jersey (EO), New Mexico (PED order), New York (EO), Oregon (OHA/ODE order), Pennsylvania (DOH order, 'Dec. 10, 2021 - Suspended by court action'), Rhode Island (EO), Washington (DOH order); Ban: Arizona, Arkansas ('Sept. 30, 2021 - Suspended by court action'), Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina ('Sept. 28, 2021 - Temporarily suspended by court action'), Tennessee ('Dec. 10, 2021 - Suspended by court action'), Texas, Utah, Virginia. 'Seven states had issued a statewide requirement for K-12 teachers and staff to be vaccinated... or receive regular coronavirus testing during the 2021-2022 school year' (table lists CA Oct. 15, 2021; CT Sept. 27, 2021; DE Nov. 1, 2021; IL Sept. 19, 2021; NJ Oct. 18, 2021; NY Sept. 19, 2021; OR Oct. 18, 2021; WA Oct. 18, 2021).

Enforcement

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