Executive Order No. 84

The record

Jurisdiction

Tennessee

Level

State

Authority

Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-107 (recited); EO 83 emergency

Issued

2021-08-16 Aug. 16, 2021

Effective

Aug. 16, 2021 (read as 2021-08-16)

End

11:59 p.m. Oct. 5, 2021; extended by EO 89 to Nov. 5 and EO 91 to Nov. 19, 2021; terminated by EO 92 on Nov. 12, 2021; enjoined as to Shelby County (G.S. v. Lee, W.D. Tenn., TRO Sept. 3, 2021), Williamson County and Franklin SSD (R.K. v. Lee, M.D. Tenn., Sept. 24, 2021, Ex. TN-067) and Knox County (S.B. v. Lee, E.D. Tenn., Oct. 12, 2021, Ex. TN-068) (read as 2021-10-05)

In force

Aug. 16, 2021 to Oct. 5, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Face-covering requirementSchools and child care

Addressees

• local education agencies and schools (K-12)
• parents and guardians

Functions reached

• IN/SCH school-board mask requirements overridden by parental opt-out in every district Aug. 16-Nov. 12, 2021 (except where enjoined)
• WF parents' workforce availability turned on school operating rules and quarantines
• CB school-age population

Collection

Tennessee TN

Operative words

I, Bill Lee, Governor of the State of Tennessee, having declared a continuing state of emergency by Executive Order No. 83, dated August 6, 2021, and by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by the Tennessee Constitution and other applicable law including Tennessee Code Annotated § 58-2-107, do hereby order that a student's parent or guardian shall have the right to opt out of any order or requirement for a student in kindergarten through twelfth-grade to wear a face covering at school, on a school bus, or at school functions, by affirmatively notifying in writing the local education agency or personnel at the student's school. Any law, order, rule, or regulation that would otherwise limit the enforceability of this Order is hereby suspended

Enforcement

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