Ballotpedia (secondary source; Burbio data), Ballotpedia, 'School responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during the 2020-2021 academic year' (July 8, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-106)
Ballotpedia (secondary source; student counts from NCES), Ballotpedia, 'School responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during the 2019-2020 academic year' (June 30, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-105)
Ballotpedia (secondary source), Ballotpedia, 'School responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during the 2021-2022 academic year' (Aug. 1, 2022) (Ex. ECO-B-107)
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)
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)
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)
Governor Gavin Newsom, Executive Order N-26-20 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-017)
Governor Douglas A. Ducey and Superintendent Kathy Hoffman, Executive Order 2020-51 (Mar. 30, 2020), extending the school closure of EO 2020-09 (Mar. 15) and the Mar. 20 extension (Ex. ECO-B-035)
Governor Eric J. Holcomb, Executive Order 20-05 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-063)
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Executive Order 202.4 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-100)
Ohio Department of Health (Director Amy Acton), Third Amended Director's Order for the Closure of K-12 Schools in the State of Ohio (May 2020) (May 20, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-119)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order of November 18, 2020 (reported as EO 2020-969) requiring all public and private K-12 schools to cease in-person instruction (Nov. 18, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-126)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 6 (Mar. 15, 2020), Order Temporarily Closing All Public and Private Elementary and Secondary Schools (Ex. ECO-B-127)
Governor John Carney, Twenty-Fifth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (Aug. 25, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-144)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1527 (Oct. 19, 2020) (Ex. MS-040)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1550 (Mar. 31, 2021) (Ex. MS-052)
New Mexico Public Education Department, Reentry Guide, Version 3 (January 2021) (Jan. 29, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-067)
Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, Arkansas Department of Education, with the Arkansas Department of Health, 2021-2022 COVID-19 Guidance for Schools (revised July 27, 2021) (Ex. AR-080)
Governor Laura Kelly, Executive Order No. 20-07 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-016)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-08 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-018)
Governor Philip D. Murphy, Executive Order No. 104 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-025)
Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.16.20.01 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-032)
Governor Ralph S. Northam, Executive Order Number Fifty-Three (2020) (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-034)
Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order No. 20-29 (June 24, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-049)
Public Health and Health Planning Council and Commissioner of Health (Howard A. Zucker, M.D.), Emergency regulation, 10 NYCRR 2.60, Face Coverings for COVID-19 Prevention (repealing Subpart 66-3) (Aug. 27, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-054)
Maryland Department of Health (Secretary Dennis R. Schrader), MDH Order No. 2021-08-18-01, Amended Vaccination Matters Order (hospital staff) (Ex. ECO-B-056)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 117 (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-059)
Governor Jared Polis, Executive Order D 2020 041 (Apr. 22, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-062)
Governor Eric J. Holcomb, Executive Order 20-16 (Education) (Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-064)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-09 (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-065)
Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 20-02 (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-067)
Governor Kristi Noem, Executive Order 2020-12 (Apr. 6, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-070)
Governor Doug Burgum, Executive Order 2020-10 (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-072)
Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Executive Order No. 2020-5 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-073)
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Robert Gordon), MDHHS Emergency Order, Gatherings and Face Mask Order (Nov. 15, 2020), extended Dec. 7, 2020 (Ex. ECO-B-076)
Governor Ned Lamont, Executive Order No. 7C (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-077)
Governor JB Pritzker, Executive Order 2021-18 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 85) (Aug. 4, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-079)
Governor JB Pritzker, Executive Order 2020-05 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 3) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-082)
Acting Secretary of Health David R. Scrase, M.D., New Mexico Department of Health, Public Health Emergency Order of August 17, 2021 (masks): face masks required in all indoor public settings, including schools, regardless of vaccination status (Aug. 17, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-091)
Acting Secretary of Health David R. Scrase, M.D, Public Health Emergency Order of August 17, 2021 (vaccines): hospital workers, congregate care facility workers and school workers to be fully vaccinated or tested weekly (Aug. 17, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-092)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation Number 27 JBE 2020 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-094)
Ohio Department of Health (Director Amy Acton), Second Amended Order the Closure of K-12 Schools in the State of Ohio (Apr. 2020) (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-122)
Governor John Carney, Vaccination or testing requirements for State employees, long-term care facility and health care facility workers announced August 12, 2021 ('COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Updates for Long-Term Care Facilities, Health Care Facilities, and State Employees') (Aug. 12, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-132)
Governor Tom Wolf, 'Vaccine or Test' requirement for Commonwealth employees in health care and high-risk congregate facilities, announced August 10, 2021, effective September 7, 2021 (Aug. 10, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-137)
Governor Andy Beshear, Testing and vaccine program for employees of state-run health care facilities announced August 2, 2021, effective October 1, 2021 (Aug. 2, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-139)
Governor Douglas A. Ducey, Executive Order of June 29, 2020 delaying the start of in-person instruction to August 17, 2020 (EO 2020-41), and Executive Order of July 23, 2020 (EO 2020-51) requiring schools to open at least one on-site location from August 17 while instruction remained remote absent ADHS benchmarks (Ex. ECO-B-142)
Governor Gavin Newsom / California Department of Public Health, CDPH COVID-19 and Reopening In-Person Learning Framework for K-12 Schools in California, 2020-2021 School Year (July 17, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-143)
Governor John Carney, Executive Order of August 10, 2021 requiring masks indoors in public and private schools, effective August 16, 2021 (Aug. 10, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-145)
Kentucky Board of Education (emergency regulation) and Governor (EO 2021-585), Kentucky Board of Education emergency regulation requiring masks in public schools (Aug. 12, 2021), following EO 2021-585 (Ex. ECO-B-146)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation of August 2, 2021 (reported as 137 JBE 2021) reinstating the statewide indoor mask mandate including K-12 schools and colleges (Aug. 2, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-147)
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (Commissioner, under Board vote of Aug. 24, 2021), DESE mask requirement for all public school students (age 5+) and staff, August 25, 2021 (Aug. 25, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-149)
Governor Steve Sisolak, Emergency Directive requiring face coverings in schools (2021-22), within the statewide indoor mask directive of July 27, 2021 (Directive 047) and school directives of August 2021 (Ex. ECO-B-150)
New Mexico Public Education Department, Public Education Department order requiring masks in schools, 2021-22 (Aug. 17, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-151)
Secretary of Health (Order 20-03 series) and Governor (Proclamation 20-9.4, July 30, 2021), Secretary of Health Order 20-03 (face coverings) as amended, and Proclamation 20-9.4 (K-12 schools, July 30, 2021): masks required in K-12 schools for 2021-22 (Ex. ECO-B-152)
Governor David Y. Ige (emergency proclamations) and Department of Education, Emergency proclamation mask requirements applied to schools, 2021-22 (Aug. 5, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-154)
State legislatures and governors, State laws and orders barring school districts from requiring masks (2021) (May 20, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-157)
Governor Eric J. Holcomb, Executive Order of September 1, 2021 (reported EO 21-24) exempting consistently masked classrooms from close-contact quarantine (Sept. 1, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-159)
Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 07.15.20.01 (July 15, 2020) (Ex. GA-026)
Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 09.30.20.02 (Sept. 30, 2020) (Ex. GA-028)
Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.31.21.03 (Mar. 31, 2021) (Ex. GA-034)
Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.30.21.01 (Apr. 30, 2021) (Ex. GA-035)
Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 05.28.21.02 (May 28, 2021) (Ex. GA-038)
Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 02.15.21.01 (Feb. 15, 2021) (Ex. GA-058)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2021-120 (Feb. 23, 2021) (Ex. KY-042)
Mayor Bernard C. 'Jack' Young, in consultation with the Commissioner of Health, Mayoral Executive Order, Continuation of Mayoral Stay at Home Orders; Limited Opening of Religious Facilities, Personal Services Establishments, Youth Camps, Libraries and Daycare (June 8, 2020) (Ex. MET-BAL-003)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1460 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. MS-005)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1517 (Aug. 4, 2020) (Ex. MS-034)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1549 (Mar. 2, 2021) (Ex. MS-051)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1551 (Apr. 30, 2021) (Ex. MS-053)
State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs (MSDH), State Health Officer order postponing elective surgeries requiring overnight hospitalization (Dec. 15, 2020) (Ex. MS-056)
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, StrongSchoolsNC Public Health Toolkit (K-12), Interim Guidance, published June 2020, updated July 21 and August 10, 2021 (Aug. 10, 2021) (Ex. NC-072)
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham; Public Education Secretary Ryan Stewart, K-12 public school closure (Mar. 13, 2020, effective Mar. 16 through Apr. 3; extended Mar. 27, 2020 through the end of the 2019-20 school year) and PED 'Reentry Guidance' (June 20, 2020) and 'COVID-19 Response Toolkit for New Mexico's Public Schools' (2021-22) (Ex. NM-077)
Governor Steve Sisolak, Declaration of Emergency Directive 044 (Transition to Local Control), Apr. 19, 2021, ss. 4, 5, 6 (Ex. NV-038)
Governor Steve Sisolak, Declaration of Emergency Directive 048 (Aug. 4, 2021) (Ex. NV-042)
Nevada Legislature (32nd Special Session), approved by Governor Sisolak, Senate Bill No. 4 (2020) (enrolled) (Aug. 11, 2020) (Ex. NV-054)
Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Amended Director's Order the Closure of All K-12 Schools in the State of Ohio (March 30, 2020) (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. OH-054)
Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director's Orders limiting access to residential care facilities (assisted living): original order of March 13, 2020; outdoor visitation from June 8, 2020; Amended Order to Permit Access to Ohio's Residential Care Facilities, with Exceptions (March 22, 2021) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. OH-062)
Stephanie McCloud, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Sixth Amended Director's Order to Limit Access to Ohio's Nursing Homes and Similar Facilities, with Exceptions (Jan. 6, 2021) (Ex. OH-102)
Governor J. Kevin Stitt, Sixth Amended Executive Order 2020-07 (Mar. 29, 2020) (Ex. OK-010)
Governor J. Kevin Stitt, Sixth Amended Executive Order 2020-13 (May 12, 2020) (Ex. OK-025)
Oklahoma Legislature (58th Leg., 1st Sess.); approved by Governor Stitt May 28, 2021, Senate Bill 658 (2021) (May 28, 2021) (Ex. OK-043)
South Carolina Department of Education (Superintendent Molly M. Spearman), South Carolina Department of Education Face Covering Guidelines for K-12 Public Schools (last updated Aug. 3, 2020) (Ex. SC-057)
Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 20-82 (Safe Learning Plan for the 2020-21 school year) (July 30, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-021)
California Department of Public Health, COVID-19 Public Health Guidance for K-12 Schools in California, 2021-22 School Year (originally published July 12, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-024)
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 JB Pritzker, Executive Order 2021-22 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 87) (Sept. 3, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-027)
Governor Ron DeSantis, Executive Order 21-175 (July 30, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-040)
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 Gretchen Whitmer, Executive Order 2020-142 (MI Safe Schools: Michigan's 2020-21 Return to School Roadmap) (June 30, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-052)
California Department of Public Health (with Cal/OSHA), under the Governor's July 17, 2020 framework, COVID-19 Industry Guidance: Schools and School-Based Programs (July 17, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-053)
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 Kate Brown, Executive Order No. 20-09 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-060)
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)
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)
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)
Maryland State Board of Education, Emergency regulation COMAR 13A.01.07 (universal masking in all public schools), adopted Aug. 26, 2021; approved by the AELR Committee Sept. 14, 2021 (Ex. SEC-15-082)
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)
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)
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)
Arizona Legislature (HB 2898, budget reconciliation, signed June 30, 2021); Maricopa County Superior Court (Cooper, J.), A.R.S. 15-342.05 (prohibiting school districts and charter schools from requiring face coverings), effective Sept. 29, 2021; held unconstitutional Sept. 27, 2021 (Arizona School Boards Ass'n v. State, Maricopa County Superior Court), affirmed Nov. 2, 2021 (Ariz.) (June 30, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-088)
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)
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)
Florida Department of Education (Commissioner Richard Corcoran), DOE Emergency Order No. 2020-EO-06 (July 6, 2020): all school boards and charter school governing boards to open brick-and-mortar schools at least five days per week for all students in August 2020, subject to DOH advice; Florida Education Ass'n v. DeSantis (Leon County Cir. Ct. temporary injunction Aug. 24, 2020; stayed by the First District Court of Appeal Aug. 28, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-091)
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 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 Gary R. Herbert, Executive Order 2020-44 (July 17, 2020) (Ex. UT-020)
Richard G. Saunders, Executive Director, Utah Department of Health, State Public Health Order 2020-28 (Dec. 17, 2020) (Ex. UT-035)
