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Plus statewide mask mandate <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><a name="gd_top" id="gd_top"></a></td><span style='mso-bookmark:gd_top'></span></tr></table><span style='mso-bookmark:gd_top'></span><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%' id=yahoo><tr><td style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in' id=outer-container><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white;padding:0in 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt' id=view-in-browser><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in' id=main-header><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img width=600 height=125 style='width:6.25in;height:1.3in' id="_x0000_i1035" src="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/WAGOV/2020/12/3957799/3330317/govdelivery-banner-medium-story-header_crop.png" alt="GovDelivery Bulletin Medium Story"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=gdp style='text-align:start'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>August 18, 2021</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Public and constituent inquiries | 360.902.4111<br>Press inquiries | 360.902.4136<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in' id=volume-date><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in' id=main-body><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in' id=main-footer><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><h1><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Inslee announces educator vaccination requirement and statewide indoor mask mandate<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDAsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTA4MTguNDQ3NDM1NDEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL21lZGl1bS5jb20vQEdvdkluc2xlZS9pbnNsZWUtYW5ub3VuY2VzLWVkdWNhdG9yLXZhY2NpbmF0aW9uLXJlcXVpcmVtZW50LWFuZC1zdGF0ZXdpZGUtaW5kb29yLW1hc2stbWFuZGF0ZS1hMmY1YTQ3ZDhhMzE_dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWdvdmRlbGl2ZXJ5In0.wUBDaPlplqrO7wVCQxte268B56e6UhaM1049EakTMa0/s/1147521609/br/111110880250-l" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=600 height=450 style='width:6.25in;height:4.6916in' id="_x0000_i1034" src="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/WAGOV/2021/08/4846155/3694830/press-conference-8-14_crop.jpg" alt="Inslee, August 18"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=graf style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Gov. Jay Inslee today announced a <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTA4MTguNDQ3NDM1NDEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL21lZGl1bS5jb20vQEdvdkluc2xlZS9pbnNsZWUtYW5ub3VuY2VzLWVkdWNhdG9yLXZhY2NpbmF0aW9uLXJlcXVpcmVtZW50LWFuZC1zdGF0ZXdpZGUtaW5kb29yLW1hc2stbWFuZGF0ZS1hMmY1YTQ3ZDhhMzE_dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWdvdmRlbGl2ZXJ5In0.OdEty4ewyEzsaVilcYk7uF8JbrzR63xXS5Gz00FcSW8/s/1147521609/br/111110880250-l" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0070C0'>vaccination requirement</span></a> for employees working in K-12, most childcare and early learning, and higher education, as well as an expansion of the statewide mask mandate to all individuals, regardless of vaccination status. The governor was <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTA4MTguNDQ3NDM1NDEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy50dncub3JnL3dhdGNoLz9ldmVudElEPTIwMjEwODEwNjYmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWdvdmRlbGl2ZXJ5In0.eV5wjjJw_AQuuWa04hHp4Je6HZ-DAQvhWiqx5KMlAcw/s/1147521609/br/111110880250-l" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0070C0'>joined for the announcemen</span></a>t by Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal and Secretary of Health Dr. Umair A. Shah.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=graf style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>K -12 educators, school staff, coaches, bus drivers, school volunteers and others working in school facilities will have until October 18 to be fully vaccinated as a condition of employment. The requirement includes public, private and charter schools, and comes as schools across the state prepare to return for the 2021–2022 school year amid rapidly increasing case and hospitalization numbers. This does not impact students, regardless of age.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=graf style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><em><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>“It has been a long pandemic, and our students and teachers have borne their own unique burdens throughout,” </span></em><strong><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Inslee said.</span></i></strong><em><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> “This virus is increasingly impacting young people, and those under the age of 12 still can’t get the vaccine for themselves. We won’t gamble with the health of our children, our educators and school staff, nor the health of the communities they serve.”</span></em><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=graf style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Inslee also announced a vaccine requirement for employees in Washington’s higher education institutions, as well as for most childcare and early learning providers who serve children from multiple households.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gdp style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:start'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Read the rest of the story on the <a 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