| Ex. SEC-15-082 | Emergency regulation COMAR 13A.01.07 (universal masking in all public schools), adopted Aug. 26, 2021; approved by the AELR Committee Sept. 14, 2021COMAR 13A.01.07 emergency regulation (school masks) | Maryland State Board of Education | MarylandSector regulator | Aug. 26, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-15-083 | Emergency Directive 048 (Aug. 4, 2021; face coverings for staff and students in public, private and charter schools in counties over 100,000 population) as amended the same dayEmergency Directive 048 | Governor Steve Sisolak | NevadaState | Aug. 4, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. SEC-15-086 | OAR 333-019-1015 (Aug. 2, 2021; masking requirements for K-12 schools, public and private) and OAR 333-019-1030 (Aug. 25, 2021; COVID-19 vaccination requirement for teachers and school staff by Oct. 18, 2021)OHA temporary rules: K-12 masking (333-019-1015) and school staff vaccination (333-019-1030) | Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division | OregonSector regulator | Aug. 2, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testing | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. SEC-15-087 | Emergency regulations: 10 NYCRR 2.60 (Aug. 27, 2021; universal masking in all public and private P-12 schools) and 10 NYCRR 2.62 (Sept. 2, 2021; weekly testing of unvaccinated school personnel)NYSDOH emergency regulations 2.60 and 2.62 | New York State Department of Health (Commissioner Howard Zucker, M.D., on direction of Governor Kathy Hochul) | New YorkSector regulator | Aug. 27, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testing | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. SEC-15-088 | A.R.S. 15-342.05 (prohibiting school districts and charter schools from requiring face coverings), effective Sept. 29, 2021; held unconstitutional Sept. 27, 2021 (Arizona School Boards Ass'n v. State, Maricopa County Superior Court), affirmed Nov. 2, 2021 (Ariz.)HB 2898 school mask-mandate prohibition and its invalidation | Arizona Legislature (HB 2898, budget reconciliation, signed June 30, 2021); Maricopa County Superior Court (Cooper, J.) | ArizonaState | June 30, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-15-089 | Proviso 1.108 (no school district may use appropriated funds to require students or staff to wear face masks); upheld by the South Carolina Supreme Court Sept. 2, 2021 (City of Columbia); enforcement enjoined Sept. 28, 2021 (Disability Rights South Carolina v. McMaster)Proviso 1.108 (school mask-mandate funding ban) | South Carolina General Assembly (2021-22 Appropriations Act, H. 4100, Proviso 1.108); U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina (Lewis, J.) | South CarolinaState | June 22, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOther | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. SEC-15-090 | 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) | TexasSector regulator | July 7, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. UT-025 | State Public Health Order 2020-17Declaring a Statewide Public Health Emergency | Richard G. Saunders, Executive Director, Utah Department of Health, with the concurrence of the Governor | UtahState | Oct. 14, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Emergency declaration | Primary source read | |