{"id":"SEC-15-014","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.; N.J.S.A. 26:13-1 et seq.; N.J.S.A. 18A:7F-9","instrument":"Executive Order No. 175 (2020)","title":"Reopening of schools for the 2020-2021 school year under mandatory health and safety standards; remote instruction where standards cannot be met; in-person higher education","dateIssued":"2020-08-13","effective":"Immediately (Aug. 13, 2020) for the 2020-21 school year","end":"Superseded for 2021-22 by EO 251 (Aug. 6, 2021) and the end of the public health emergency provisions","startDate":"2020-08-13","endDate":"2021-08-06","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["SCH","MASK","EMP"],"addressees":["all public, private and parochial preschool and K-12 schools","institutions of higher education"],"clause":"2. All school districts that reopen for full or part-time in-person instruction must meet the following health and safety standards... a. At least six (6) feet of distance between individuals in all settings to the greatest extent practicable or social distancing modifications... b. Mandatory use of face coverings by staff, students, and visitors... 7. Public school districts that are or become unable to satisfy the health and safety requirements for in-person instruction, as detailed in Paragraph 2 of this Order, may provide full-time remote instruction to all students pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:7F-9.","enforcement":"N.J.S.A. App. A:9-49 and -50","functions":["IN","RL","TR","FS","AC","CP","HR","OP","WF","CB"],"notes":"Paragraph 5 required nonpublic schools to create and maintain the same plans; paragraph 3 addressed preschools; the Order converted \u0027The Road Back\u0027 checklist into binding conditions of in-person instruction.","sourceUrl":"https://nj.gov/infobank/eo/056murphy/pdf/EO-175.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":128274,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-15","url":"/library/SEC-15-014","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-15-014","citation":"Governor Philip D. Murphy, Executive Order No. 175 (2020) (Aug. 13, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-014)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["SEC-15-018","SEC-15-013"]}