{"id":"AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-001","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Idaho State Board of Education; State level (constitutional board with supervision and control of all public schools)","state":"ID","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED","eco":"","issuer":"Idaho State Board of Education (President Debbie Critchfield), with the Governor\u0027s K-12 Emergency Council","authority":"Idaho Const. art. IX, s. 2; Idaho Code s. 33-116","instrument":"Board action of March 23, 2020 approving the COVID-19 School Operations Guidance (press release, \u0027Board Approves Statewide School Operations Guidance to Deal with Coronavirus\u0027)","title":"Board Approves Statewide School Operations Guidance to Deal with Coronavirus (soft closure of all classroom facilities through April 20, 2020)","dateIssued":"2020-03-23","effective":"2020-03-23 (immediately)","end":"2020-04-20 target; extended April 6, 2020 to the end of the 2019-20 school year (Ex. 003)","startDate":"2020-03-23","endDate":"2020-04-20","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["SCH","CLOSE","GATH"],"addressees":["all public school districts and charter schools","students and families","school employees"],"clause":"The Idaho State Board of Education today directed all public school districts and charter schools to immediately implement a \u0022soft closure\u0022 of all classroom facilities through Monday, April 20, 2020. The Board ordered the soft closure when it approved the COVID-19 School Operation Guidance developed by Governor Brad Little\u0027s K-12 Emergency Council... The guidance directs districts and charters to provide three essential services during the soft closure... Provide food services to underserved populations and childcare for community members who provide critical services. Develop and implement plans for delivering remote or distance learning strategies (online, video or teleconference). Develop a plan for providing special education-related services.","enforcement":"Idaho Code s. 33-116 (districts under the supervision and control of the State Board); Board accreditation and funding authority (Idaho Code ss. 33-119, 33-1001 et seq.); the guidance itself recites that \u0027students are not permitted in schools\u0027","functions":["IN in-person instruction closed statewide","RL remote learning required","EC child care for critical-service workers required of districts","FS food service to underserved populations","AC athletics and activities suspended","WF parents\u0027 workforce (schools closed)","CB families"],"notes":"The Board, not the Governor, closed Idaho\u0027s classrooms; the release records that April 20 \u0027is strictly a target date and is subject to review\u0027 and that the Board waived graduation requirements; companion to Ex. 002 (the guidance text)","sourceUrl":"https://boardofed.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Board-Approves-COVID-19-Statewide-Guidance-3-23-20.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":392800,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED","url":"/library/AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-001","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-001","citation":"Idaho State Board of Education (President Debbie Critchfield), with the Governor\u0027s K-12 Emergency Council, Board action of March 23, 2020 approving the COVID-19 School Operations Guidance (press release, \u0027Board Approves Statewide School Operations Guidance to Deal with Coronavirus\u0027) (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-001)","stateName":"Idaho","related":[]}