{"id":"ECO-B-067","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Minnesota","state":"MN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"B","issuer":"Governor Tim Walz","authority":"Minn. Stat. 12.21, subd. 3(11); 12.31; EO 20-01 (peacetime emergency Mar. 13, 2020)","instrument":"Emergency Executive Order 20-02","title":"Authorizing and Directing the Commissioner of Education to Temporarily Close Schools to Plan for a Safe Educational Environment","dateIssued":"2020-03-15","effective":"March 18, 2020","end":"March 27, 2020 (followed by EO 20-19 distance learning Mar. 30 - May 4)","startDate":"2020-03-18","endDate":"2020-03-27","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["SCH"],"addressees":["all public schools","school employees","child care providers"],"clause":"\u00271.... I authorize and direct the Commissioner of Education to close all schools to students... beginning on Wednesday, March 18, 2020 through Friday, March 27, 2020.\u0027 \u00275.... school employees are directed to report to work...\u0027 \u002711. Emergency workers (including providers of healthcare, emergency medical services, long-term and post-acute care...)... schools must provide care for... students who are children of emergency workers.\u0027 Recital: \u0027We must also act to minimize disruptions caused by school closures on the state\u0027s healthcare system and emergency workers.\u0027","enforcement":"Minn. Stat. 12.45 (misdemeanor)","functions":["WF (875,021 students, Ballotpedia/NCES)","SCH"],"notes":"Conscripted schools into child care for the essential workforce.","sourceUrl":"https://www.lrl.mn.gov/archive/execorders/20-02.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1018702,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"ECO-B","url":"/library/ECO-B-067","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/ECO-B-067","citation":"Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 20-02 (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-067)","stateName":"Minnesota","related":["ECO-B-068","ECO-B-069"]}