{"id":"DE-069","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Delaware","state":"DE","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor John C. Carney (with the Department of Education)","authority":"State of Emergency (20 Del. C. ch. 31)","instrument":"Governor\u0027s decision closing Delaware schools for the remainder of the 2019-20 academic year","title":"Delaware Schools Closed through Academic Year","dateIssued":"2020-04-24","effective":"2020-04-24","end":"2020-06-30 (end of the 2019-20 year); fall 2020 reopening under DE-029","startDate":"2020-04-24","endDate":"2020-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["SCH"],"addressees":["all Delaware schools"],"clause":"Governor\u0027s release: \u0027We made the difficult decision today - in consultation with superintendents across our state - to close schools through the rest of the academic year.\u0027 The Sixteenth Modification (May 10, 2020) recites \u0027the suspension of the school year caused by COVID-19\u0027 (DE-020; DE-031 at 4-5).","enforcement":"Gubernatorial directive under the State of Emergency; DDOE authority","functions":["IN in-person instruction suspended for the year","WF workforce with school-age children through June 2020"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://news.delaware.gov/2020/04/24/delaware-schools-closed-through-academic-year/","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":361739,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"DE","url":"/library/DE-069","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DE-069","citation":"Governor John C. Carney (with the Department of Education), Governor\u0027s decision closing Delaware schools for the remainder of the 2019-20 academic year (Apr. 24, 2020) (Ex. DE-069)","stateName":"Delaware","related":["DE-029","DE-067","DE-068"]}