The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Rhode Island
- Level
- State
- Authority
- R.I. Gen. Laws 30-15-9 (emergency powers)
- Issued
- 2021-08-19 Aug. 19, 2021
- Effective
- Immediately (Aug. 19, 2021) through September 18, 2021 (read as 2021-08-19)
- End
- Renewed monthly (Sept. 2021, Dec. 13, 2021 through Jan. 8, 2022, and later); ended March 4, 2022 (read as 2021-12-13)
- In force
- Aug. 19, 2021 to Dec. 13, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementSchools and child care
- Addressees
- local education agencies (LEAs) operating K-12 schools
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Education and Child Care SEC-15
Operative words
1. LEAs that have not adopted a universal indoor masking requirement shall be required to abide by a universal indoor masking protocol developed by the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH). The RIDOH protocol shall require universal indoor masking by all students (age 2 and older), staff, teachers, and visitors to K-12 schools. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately and remain in full force and effect through September 18, 2021 unless renewed, modified, or terminated by a subsequent Executive Order.
Enforcement
R.I. Gen. Laws 30-15-9, -15
Notes
Directed at LEAs; RIDOH's protocol governed private schools through the Department's school regulations (verify).