{"id":"SEC-15-011","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"15","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Philip D. Murphy","authority":"N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq. (Civilian Defense and Disaster Control Act); N.J.S.A. 26:13-1 et seq. (Emergency Health Powers Act)","instrument":"Executive Order No. 104 (2020)","title":"Aggressive social distancing measures to mitigate further spread of COVID-19 (closure of schools and institutions of higher education, gathering limit, business hours)","dateIssued":"2020-03-16","effective":"Schools closed to students from Wednesday, March 18, 2020; higher education in-person instruction ceased March 18, 2020","end":"School closures superseded by EO 175 (Aug. 13, 2020) for the 2020-21 year (schools closed for the remainder of 2019-20 by the May 4, 2020 order; private schools to June 30, 2020); higher education restart from July 1, 2020 under EO 155","startDate":"2020-03-18","endDate":"2020-08-13","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["SCH","GATH","CLOSE","CURF"],"addressees":["all public, private and parochial preschool programs and elementary and secondary schools","all institutions of higher education","the public"],"clause":"2. All public, private, and parochial preschool program premises, and elementary and secondary schools, including charter and renaissance schools, shall be closed to students beginning on Wednesday, March 18, 2020, and shall remain closed as long as this Order remains in effect. 3. All institutions of higher education shall cease in-person instruction beginning on Wednesday, March 18, 2020, and shall cease such in-person instruction as long as this Order remains in effect.... 4. The Commissioner of the Department of Education... shall be authorized to permit schools to remain open on a limited basis for the provision of food or other essential, non-educational services, or for educational or child care services if needed in emergency situations...","enforcement":"N.J.S.A. App. A:9-49 and -50 (disorderly persons offense; fines and imprisonment)","functions":["IN","RL","EC","TR","FS","AC","AD","CP","WF","CB"],"notes":"The model sector clause: private and parochial schools closed by name; higher education ordered to cease in-person instruction; DOE to permit limited food and emergency child care operations; higher-education housing left to the Secretary of Higher Education.","sourceUrl":"https://nj.gov/infobank/eo/056murphy/pdf/EO-104.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":132622,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-15","url":"/library/SEC-15-011","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-15-011","citation":"Governor Philip D. Murphy, Executive Order No. 104 (2020) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-011)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["SEC-15-012","SEC-15-013"]}