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Executive Order 2021-585

Executive Order (face coverings in schools and child care)

Governor Andy Beshear · Kentucky (State)

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Jurisdiction
Kentucky
Level
State
Authority
KRS ch. 39A
Issued
2021-08-10 Aug. 10, 2021
Effective
2021-08-10
In force
Aug. 10, 2021 to Sept. 9, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementSchools and child care
Addressees
  • all public and private pre-K-12 schools
  • child care
Functions reached
  • RE parochial and private religious schools and church child care
  • WF employees' children
Collection
Religious Organizations and Nonprofits SEC-16

Operative words

2. All individuals - all teachers, staff, students, and visitors - must cover their nose and mouth with a face covering when indoors in all public and private preschool, Head Start, elementary, middle, and high schools (preschool through grade 12) in Kentucky, including but not limited to inside of vehicles used for transportation such as school buses, regardless of vaccination status. 3. All staff and visitors, and all children age 2 and older who are able to wear a face covering, must cover their nose and mouth with a face covering when indoors in all child care settings in Kentucky, regardless of vaccination status.... [Recital:] The most recent CDC data show 119 of 120 Kentucky counties is at substantial or high risk of community transmission of COVID-19. The increases in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations arise as Kentucky schools begin the academic year.

Enforcement

KRS 39A.990

Notes

Scanned (5 pages); pages 2-4 read from rendered images by the repair agent Sept. 27, 2026; paragraphs 2 and 3 now complete.

Retrieval note

Scanned; no text layer; clause transcribed from rendered pages 3-4 (repair, Sept. 27, 2026).