{"id":"SEC-15-056","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Virginia","state":"VA","metro":"","industry":"15","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Ralph S. Northam","authority":"Va. Const. art. V, sec. 7; Va. Code 44-146.17","instrument":"Executive Order 53","title":"Temporary Restrictions on Restaurants, Recreational, Entertainment, Gatherings, Non-Essential Retail Businesses, and Closure of K-12 Schools Due to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)","dateIssued":"2020-03-23","effective":"2020-03-24 (schools: remainder of the 2019-20 school year)","end":"Amended by EO 55 (Mar. 30, 2020) and EO 61 (May 8, 2020); school closure ran to the end of the 2019-20 year","startDate":"2020-03-24","endDate":"2020-03-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["SCH","CLOSE","GATH"],"addressees":["all K-12 schools, public and private","child care facilities (permitted to remain open)"],"clause":"On March 13, 2020, I ordered all K-12 schools in the Commonwealth closed for [two weeks]... 2. Cessation of all in-person instruction at K-12 schools, public and private, for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year. Facilities providing child care services [may remain open and are urged to serve the children of essential personnel]...","enforcement":"Va. Code 44-146.17 (Class 1 misdemeanor)","functions":["IN","RL","EC","FS","TR","AC","WF","CB"],"notes":"Private schools closed by name for the remainder of the year on March 23, 2020, the earliest full-year closure with Kansas; EO 55 (Mar. 30, 2020) ordered institutions of higher education to cease in-person classes.","sourceUrl":"https://www.governor.virginia.gov/media/governorvirginiagov/executive-actions/EO-53-Temporary-Restrictions-Due-To-Novel-Coronavirus-(COVID-19).pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200324022030/https://www.governor.virginia.gov/media/governorvirginiagov/executive-actions/EO-53-Temporary-Restrictions-Due-To-Novel-Coronavirus-(COVID-19).pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":254283,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-15","url":"/library/SEC-15-056","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-15-056","citation":"Governor Ralph S. Northam, Executive Order 53 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-056)","stateName":"Virginia","related":[]}