MINNESOTA, USA — KARE 11 is working to identify school mask mandates across the Twin Cities metro and Greater Minnesota, with cases of the COVID-19 delta variant climbing as the school year approaches.
The following is a non-exhaustive directory of links to public school district websites and their masking policies as this information becomes available.
Please be sure to check with your local school district for the most up-to-date information, as the policies surrounding school COVID safety protocols continue to evolve.
TWIN CITIES METRO
Anoka-Hennepin (K-6 required)
Brooklyn Center (Required)
Burnsville-Eagan-Savage (Required)
Centennial (Not required)
Columbia Heights (Required)
Eastern Carver County (Required for ages 2-12, recommended for other ages)
Eden Prairie (ECE-6 Required)
Edina (Required for at least the first month)
Elk River (Recommended)
Farmington Area (Optional)
Forest Lake Area (Recommended)
Fridley (Required)
Hopkins (Required)
Inver Grove Heights (Required)
Jordan (Recommended)
Lakeville (Recommended)
Mahtomedi (Recommended)
Minneapolis (Required)
Minnetonka (K-8 Required, 9-12 Recommended)
Mounds View (Required)
New Prague Area (Optional)
N St Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale (Required)
Orono (Required)
Osseo (Required in trimester one: Sept. 8-Dec. 6)
Prior Lake-Savage Area (Recommended)
Randolph (Encouraged)
Richfield (K-8 Required)
Robbinsdale (Required)
Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan (Required)
Shakopee (Recommended)
South Washington County (Required)
Spring Lake Park (Recommended)
St. Anthony-New Brighton (Required)
St. Cloud (Required)
St. Francis (Voluntary)
St. Louis Park (Required)
St. Paul (Required)
Stillwater Area (Recommended)
Waconia (Recommended)
Wayzata (Required)
West St. Paul-Mendota Hts.-Eagan (Required)
Westonka (K-7 Required)
White Bear Lake (Required)
GREATER MINNESOTA
Albert Lea (Required for grades 6-12 through Oct. 20)
Bemidji (Recommended)
Duluth (Required)
Faribault (Optional)
Rochester (Required)
St. Cloud (Required)