Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Executive Order 202.4 (Mar. 16, 2020; all schools closed from Mar. 18 for two weeks), extended by EO 202.11 (Mar. 27), 202.18 (Apr. 16) and the May 1, 2020 direction closing schools for the remainder of the year (Ex. SEC-15-055)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1460 (Mar. 19, 2020: all public schools closed through Apr. 17, 2020) and Executive Order 1476 (recited as Apr. 22, 2020: all public school buildings closed for the remainder of the 2019-20 academic year) (Ex. SEC-15-093)
Governor Jay Inslee, Proclamation 20-12 (Higher Education) and its amendments 20-12.1 through 20-12.5 (including 20-12.4 of July 12, 2021) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-042)
Governor Christopher T. Sununu, Emergency Order #1 pursuant to Executive Order 2020-04 (temporary remote instruction and support for public K-12 schools) (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-061)
Governor Jay Inslee, Proclamation 20-09 (Statewide K-12 School Closures), as amended by 20-09.1 (Apr. 6, 2020; remainder of the school year) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-041)
Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order No. 20-09 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-060)
New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, Organizer notice (May 4, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-GM-015)
Ballotpedia (Lucy Burns Institute), School responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during the 2019-2020 academic year (State-by-State closure chronology) (June 30, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-001)
Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Executive Order 2020-142 (MI Safe Schools: Michigan's 2020-21 Return to School Roadmap) (June 30, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-052)
Texas Education Agency (Commissioner Mike Morath), TEA Public Health Planning Guidance for the 2020-21 school year (July 7, 2020; on-campus instruction with masks required; parental choice of remote; attendance-funding flexibility of July 14-17, 2020 for up to eight weeks of remote instruction), and the Aug. 5 and Aug. 19, 2021 public health guidance (mask provision not enforced during the GA-38 litigation) (Ex. SEC-15-090)
Governor Laura Kelly (KS EO 20-59, July 20, 2020: face coverings in schools); Utah Department of Health (State Public Health Order of July 20, 2020: face coverings in all public and private K-12 schools); Governor Kim Reynolds (Iowa Proclamation of July 17, 2020: at least half of instruction in person), The July 17-20, 2020 fall-opening orders of Kansas, Utah and Iowa (grouped record) (July 20, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-092)
Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 20-82 (Safe Learning Plan for the 2020-21 school year) (July 30, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-021)
Director Robert Gordon, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, MDHHS Emergency Order: Gatherings and Face Mask Order of November 15, 2020 (in-person instruction at high schools and colleges suspended Nov. 18-Dec. 8, 2020; extended Dec. 7 to Dec. 20, 2020) (Nov. 15, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-078)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2020-969 (all public and private K-12 schools to cease in-person instruction Nov. 23, 2020; elementary schools may reopen Dec. 7 in non-red counties; middle and high schools remote through Jan. 4, 2021) (Nov. 18, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-079)
Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 20-99 (Four Week Dial Back), as extended by EO 20-103 (Dec. 16, 2020) (Nov. 18, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-022)
Ballotpedia, School responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during the 2020-2021 academic year (State reopening regimes, mid-year closures, return orders, monthly status) (June 30, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-002)
South Carolina General Assembly (2021-22 Appropriations Act, H. 4100, Proviso 1.108); U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina (Lewis, J.), Proviso 1.108 (no school district may use appropriated funds to require students or staff to wear face masks); upheld by the South Carolina Supreme Court Sept. 2, 2021 (City of Columbia); enforcement enjoined Sept. 28, 2021 (Disability Rights South Carolina v. McMaster) (June 22, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-089)
Governor Ron DeSantis, Executive Order 21-175 (July 30, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-040)
Governor Jay Inslee, Proclamation 20-9.4 (July 30, 2021): K-12 schools prohibited from operating outside the Department of Health's K-12 requirements (universal indoor masking, distancing, ventilation, testing and reporting) for 2021-22 (Ex. SEC-15-085)
Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division, OAR 333-019-1015 (Aug. 2, 2021; masking requirements for K-12 schools, public and private) and OAR 333-019-1030 (Aug. 25, 2021; COVID-19 vaccination requirement for teachers and school staff by Oct. 18, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-086)
Governor JB Pritzker, Executive Order 2021-18 (masks in all public and nonpublic P-12 schools), followed by EO 2021-20 (Aug. 26, 2021; statewide indoor masks; school and higher-education vaccination-or-testing) (Aug. 4, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-026)
Governor Steve Sisolak, Emergency Directive 048 (Aug. 4, 2021; face coverings for staff and students in public, private and charter schools in counties over 100,000 population) as amended the same day (Ex. SEC-15-083)
Delaware Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing, Emergency Orders adding mask requirements to 14 Del. Admin. Code 933 (Early Care and Education and School-Age Centers), 934 (Family and Large Family Child Care Homes), 938 (Youth Camps, new section 5.3), 815 and 105 (published 25 Del. Reg. 227-244, Sept. 1, 2021) (Aug. 13, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-068)
Arizona State University and GSV, Organizer notice (Aug. 16, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-GM-040)
Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Jeffrey C. Riley, under authority voted by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Aug. 24, 2021, DESE mask requirement for all public K-12 students, staff and visitors for 2021-22 (issued Aug. 25, 2021; extended Sept. 27, Oct. 26, 2021 and Jan. 10, 2022) (Ex. SEC-15-081)
New York State Department of Health (Commissioner Howard Zucker, M.D., on direction of Governor Kathy Hochul), Emergency regulations: 10 NYCRR 2.60 (Aug. 27, 2021; universal masking in all public and private P-12 schools) and 10 NYCRR 2.62 (Sept. 2, 2021; weekly testing of unvaccinated school personnel) (Ex. SEC-15-087)
Ballotpedia, School responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during the 2021-2022 academic year (school mask requirements and bans, staff and student vaccine requirements, litigation) (Aug. 1, 2022) (Ex. SEC-15-003)
