The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Arizona
- Level
- State
- Authority
- A.R.S. 15-342.05 (as enacted by HB 2898, 2021)
- Issued
- 2021-06-30 June 30, 2021
- Effective
- Scheduled Sept. 29, 2021; never took effect (read as 2021-09-29)
- End
- Held unconstitutional Sept. 27, 2021 (Ballotpedia: Sept. 26 ruling; Aug. 16, 2021 ruling that the ban would not take effect until Sept. 29)
- In force
- Sept. 29, 2021 (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 careOther
- Addressees
- school districts and charter schools
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Education and Child Care SEC-15
Enforcement
Statute; Governor's Aug. 16-17, 2021 withholding of federal relief grants from districts with mask requirements (Ex. SEC-15-003)
Notes
Ballotpedia (Ex. SEC-15-003): 'Aug. 16, 2021: Gov. Doug Ducey (R) said he would withhold school grants... from schools that implemented mask requirements. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Randall Warner ruled that a state law banning school mask requirements would not take effect until Sept. 29'; 'Sept. 26, 2021: Arizona Superior Court Judge Katherine Cooper ruled Arizona's school mask requirement ban was unconstitutional.'
Retrieval noteSec. 12 adds A.R.S. 15-342.05 ('a county, city, town, school district governing board or charter school governing body may not require the use of face coverings by students or staff during school hours...'). The court rulings described in the instrument field are not in this exhibit.