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Ex. SEC-15-090 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

TEA Public Health Planning Guidance for the 2020-21 school year (July 7, 2020; on-campus instruction with masks required; parental choice of remote; attendance-funding flexibility of July 14-17, 2020 for up to eight weeks of remote instruction), and the Aug. 5 and Aug. 19, 2021 public health guidance (mask provision not enforced during the GA-38 litigation)

TEA SY 2020-21 Public Health Planning Guidance and 2021-22 updates

Texas Education Agency (Commissioner Mike Morath) · Texas (Sector regulator)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Texas
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
Tex. Educ. Code 7.021, 48.005 (attendance funding); GA-08 through GA-38 as applied
Issued
2020-07-07 July 7, 2020
Effective
2020-21 school year; updated 2021-22 (read as 2020-07-07)
End
Mask requirement ended June 4, 2021 under GA-36 (read as 2021-06-04)
In force
July 7, 2020 to June 4, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementSchools and child care
Addressees
  • public school systems (private schools 'encouraged' under GA-38 para. 3(e))
Functions reached
  • IN
  • RL
  • TR
  • AC
  • WF
  • CB
Collection
Education and Child Care SEC-15

Enforcement

Attendance-based State funding (Tex. Educ. Code ch. 48)

Notes

Ballotpedia (Ex. SEC-15-002): 'July 7, 2020: Education Commissioner Mike Morath released guidance for reopening schools in the fall. Parents would be able to choose between on-campus and distance learning options. Masks would also be required in school buildings'; 'July 17, 2020: The Texas Education Agency extended the time local school districts could keep schools closed and teach students remotely without losing funding...

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