{"id":"MET-SDF-045","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Jefferson County, Kentucky (Jefferson County Public Schools)","state":"KY","metro":"SDF","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Jefferson County Board of Education / Superintendent Marty Pollio","authority":"KRS 160.290 and 158.070 (board control of schools and school calendar); Governor\u0027s Mar. 12 and Apr. 20, 2020 recommendations; Kentucky Department of Education Healthy at School guidance","instrument":"JCPS school closure and remote-instruction decisions, 2020-21","title":"Closure of all JCPS schools from March 16, 2020 (announced March 12, 2020, initially through April 5, then April 20, then the school year); 2020-21 year begun in virtual instruction (announced July 21, 2020); Board vote of February 2021 to reopen; elementary in person March 17, 2021; middle and high schools April 5, 2021","dateIssued":"2020-03-12","effective":"2020-03-16","end":"2021-04-05 (secondary schools back in person)","startDate":"2020-03-16","endDate":"2021-04-05","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["SCH"],"addressees":["about 96,000 students and their families","JCPS employees"],"clause":"","enforcement":"school-district decision","functions":["WF workforce (parents of JCPS students)","IN in-person instruction","EC child care","FS food service"],"notes":"The largest school district in Kentucky was closed or remote from Mar. 16, 2020 to Mar. 17, 2021 (elementary) and Apr. 5, 2021 (secondary). Dates from WHAS11 (Mar. 12, 2020: \u0027JCPS closes schools March 16 through April 5\u0027; Mar. 20, 2020: \u0027JCPS to remain closed through April 20\u0027; July 21, 2020: \u0027JCPS to begin 2020-2021 school year with virtual instruction\u0027) and Courier-Journal (Feb. 25, 2021: \u0027A split JCPS school board votes to reopen classrooms, nearly a year after closing\u0027; Mar. 17, 2021: \u0027JCPS students arrive for first day of in-person classes\u0027; Apr. 5, 2021: \u0027It\u0027s back to school for JCPS middle- and high-schoolers\u0027).","sourceUrl":"","snapshot":"","fileExists":false,"fileBytes":0,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-SDF","url":"/library/MET-SDF-045","exhibitUrl":null,"citation":"Jefferson County Board of Education / Superintendent Marty Pollio, JCPS school closure and remote-instruction decisions, 2020-21 (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. MET-SDF-045)","stateName":"Kentucky","related":[]}