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Ex. IA-067Mayor's Order requiring face coverings (with Proclamation of Civil Emergency)Order requiring every person in Iowa City to wear a face covering covering the nose and mouth in every public place, including grocery…Mayor Bruce TeagueIowa City, IowaCityAug. 19, 20212021 Q3Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-ATL-043Declaration of Emergency (COVID-19 surge), Aug. 19, 2021, as described in the County's release of the same dateChairwoman Signs Declaration of Emergency Over COVID SurgeLisa Cupid, Chairwoman, Cobb County Board of CommissionersCobb County, GeorgiaCountyAug. 19, 20212021 Q3Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-MIA-095M-DCPS news release: '2021-2022 M-DCPS Back-to-School COVID-19 Safety Protocols' (Aug. 19, 2021)Mandatory facial coverings for all students, employees, volunteers and visitors in M-DCPS facilities and on school buses; maximum physical…Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Office of Communications (news release)Miami-Dade County Public Schools (School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida)CountyAug. 19, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-091Public Health Emergency Order of August 17, 2021 (masks): face masks required in all indoor public settings, including schools, regardless of vaccination statusPublic Health Order Requiring Face Masks in Indoor Public Settings (Aug. 17, 2021)Acting Secretary of Health David R. Scrase, M.D., New Mexico Department of HealthNew MexicoStateAug. 17, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-117Education Week, 'Which States Banned Mask Mandates in Schools, and Which Required Masks?' (Aug. 20, 2021; updated July 8, 2022; last data May 23, 2022)States requiring masks in schools in 2021-22 (18 States and D.C.) and States banning school mask mandates (11)Education Week (secondary source)United States (all States)OtherAug. 20, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SLC-035City release describing the Aug. 20, 2021 K-12 mask orderSalt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall Issues Order Requiring Masks To Be Worn in K-12 Schools Citywide (release, capture of Sept. 20, 2021)Salt Lake City (release)Salt Lake City, UtahCityAug. 20, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-STL-093Preliminary injunction of Aug. 20, 2021 in State ex rel. Schmitt v. Page, No. 21SL-CC03334 (secondary-source record)Judge bars St. Louis County from enforcing mask mandate (Missouri Lawyers Media, Aug. 20, 2021)Circuit Judge Ellen (Nellie) Ribaudo (preliminary injunction), as reported by Missouri Lawyers MediaSt. Louis County Circuit Court (21st Judicial Circuit), MissouriCourtAug. 20, 20212021 Q3OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-27-016Emergency Regulation R073-21 amending NAC 441A.755 (COVID-19 vaccination required for enrollment at Nevada System of Higher Education institutions on or after Nov. 1, 2021)Proof of a completed COVID-19 vaccination series required to enroll in courses at a university, community college or state college on or…Nevada State Board of HealthNevadaStateAug. 20, 20212021 Q3Schools and child careVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NJ-082Executive Directive No. 21-011 (5th Revision, August 21, 2025)Protocols for COVID-19 reporting for school settings (vaccination and testing data reporting under EOs 253 and 264)New Jersey Department of Health (Acting Commissioner Jeffrey A. Brown for the 2025 revision)New JerseySector regulatorSept. 14, 2021Schools and child careVaccination or testingOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-CLE-042Federal Mask Mandate for Public Transportation Extended to Jan. 18, 2022 (GCRTA release, Aug. 24, 2021)Federal Mask Mandate for Public Transportation Extended to Jan. 18, 2022Greater Cleveland Regional Transit AuthorityCuyahoga County, Ohio (GCRTA service area)Sector regulatorAug. 24, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-KC-082Butler v. Shawnee Mission School District (Johnson County District Court, judgment July 2021) and the Kansas Supreme Court's stay order of Aug. 24, 2021Judgment holding SB 40's expedited-review provisions unconstitutional; stay pending appeal restoring SB 40Johnson County District Court (Judge David Hauber); Kansas Supreme Court (Chief Justice Marla Luckert)Kansas (Johnson County District Court; Kansas Supreme Court)CourtAug. 24, 20212021 Q3OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-007Board Report 21-0825-PO2, Adopt a New Remote Education Policy on a Final BasisRemote Education Policy (final)Board of Education of the City of ChicagoBoard of Education of the City of Chicago, IllinoisCityAug. 25, 20212021 Q3Schools and child careQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-048Minutes of the Board's special meeting of August 24, 2021 (vote authorizing the Commissioner to require face coverings in public schools)Board vote authorizing the Commissioner to require masks for all students age five and older and all staff in public schools through at…Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (special meeting of August 24, 2021)Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; State levelStateAug. 24, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-149DESE mask requirement for all public school students (age 5+) and staff, August 25, 2021Massachusetts public school mask requirement, 2021-22 (ended Feb. 28, 2022)Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (Commissioner, under Board vote of Aug. 24, 2021)MassachusettsStateAug. 25, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-HOU-063Release: Texas Attorney General Admits He Cannot Enforce Governor's Mask Mandate ProhibitionHarris County Attorney release on the Attorney General's court filingsHarris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee (release)Harris County, TexasCountyAug. 25, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-081DESE mask requirement for all public K-12 students, staff and visitors for 2021-22 (issued Aug. 25, 2021; extended Sept. 27, Oct. 26, 2021 and Jan. 10, 2022)DESE universal mask requirement (Aug. 25, 2021)Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Jeffrey C. Riley, under authority voted by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Aug. 24, 2021MassachusettsSector regulatorAug. 25, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NE-080KLKN, 'BREAKING: Mask mandate to start Thursday in Lancaster County' (Aug. 24, 2021)Mask mandate to start Thursday in Lancaster CountyKLKN-TV (Lincoln) report of the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department announcementLancaster CountyCountyAug. 24, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NE-089Lincoln-Lancaster County Directed Health Measure of August 2021 (indoor face coverings)Lancaster County indoor mask directed health measure, Aug. 26 - Dec. 23, 2021Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department, Health Director Pat Lopez, with Mayor Leirion Gaylor BairdCity of Lincoln and Lancaster CountyCountyAug. 24, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BOS-019City of Boston announcement of the indoor mask mandate and Five-Point Plan for the Delta VariantMayor Janey announces indoor mask mandate for City of Boston (boston.gov, August 20, 2021)Acting Mayor Kim Janey (announcing the BPHC order of Aug. 20, 2021)City of Boston, MassachusettsCityAug. 20, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BOS-150Order of the Brookline Department of Public Health: masks mandated indoors in businesses, effective August 27, 2021 (official notice poster)MASK REQUIRED even if you are vaccinated... Masks are mandated indoors by order of the Brookline Department of Public Health, Effective…Brookline Department of Public Health, Dr. Swannie Jett, Director of Public HealthTown of Brookline (Norfolk County), MassachusettsCityAug. 27, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BOS-151Order of the Brookline Department of Public Health: face coverings mandatory in all common areas in buildings, effective August 27, 2021 (official notice)By order of the Brookline Department of Public Health, FACE COVERINGS ARE MANDATORY IN ALL COMMON AREAS in buildings. All adults and…Brookline Department of Public Health, Dr. Swannie Jett, Director of Public HealthTown of Brookline, MassachusettsCityAug. 27, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-HOU-062Release: Travis County Court Grants Temporary Injunction in Favor of Harris County in Mask Mandate LawsuitHarris County Attorney release on the Aug. 27, 2021 temporary injunctionHarris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee (release)Harris County, TexasCountyAug. 27, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-092School District of Philadelphia 2021-22 health and safety plan: universal masking of students and staff regardless of vaccination status for the school year opening Aug. 31, 2021School District of Philadelphia universal masking, 2021-22 school yearSchool District of Philadelphia (Superintendent William R. Hite Jr.), implementing the Mayor's and Health Commissioner's orders requiring masks indoors at schools (Exs. MET-PHL-018, 019)City of Philadelphia / School District of PhiladelphiaCityJuly 30, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MT-088School district mask requirements for the 2021-22 school year (Missoula, Bozeman, Helena, Billings, Whitefish)2021-22 school district mask requirements (Montana)Boards of Trustees of the named school districtsMissoula County Public Schools; Bozeman, Helena, Billings and Whitefish school districts, MontanaCityAug. 31, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-042Executive Directive Number Eighteen (2021), Ensuring a Safe WorkplaceState employees to disclose vaccination status and, if not fully vaccinated, be tested weekly and wear masksGovernor Ralph S. NorthamVirginiaStateAug. 5, 20212021 Q3Workplace rulesVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source

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