Gov. Gary Herbert issued an order on July 17 requiring masks on school property and buses. While Utah does not have a statewide mandate, all students, faculty, staff, and visitors on school property must wear a mask.
Violation of the order would be the same as violating any mandate, which is a Class B offense that is punishable by a maximum sentence of six months in prison and a fine of $ 1,000, according to the Utah Judiciary.
Completing the mask mandate in schools is left to local jurisdictions, officials said this week.
“The mask mandate is not intended to punish students, parents or teachers – it is intended to create a universal standard of safe health practice. All mandates make a Class B crime the standard punishment, but any enforcement would do so. be at the local level, “said Anna Lehnardt, communications director for Herbert, in a statement to CNN.
Utah currently has at least 47,521 Covid-19 cases and 377 deaths, according to a Johns Hopkins University census.
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