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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
