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Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-027 Order Primary source read

State University System Extends Remote Learning (directive of March 17, 2020)

Directive to all twelve State universities: remote instruction through the end of the spring 2020 semester; students who can return home to return home; campus operations limited

Board of Governors, State University System of Florida (Chancellor Marshall Criser III) · State University System of Florida, Board of Governors (twelve public universities); State level (State)

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Jurisdiction
State University System of Florida, Board of Governors (twelve public universities); State level · Florida
Level
State
Authority
Fla. Const. art. IX, s. 7(d); Fla. Stat. s. 1001.706
Issued
2020-03-17 Mar. 17, 2020
Effective
2020-03-17 (immediately) (read as 2020-03-17)
End
End of the spring 2020 semester (remote instruction continued through summer 2020 terms under later Board direction) (read as 2020-06-30)
In force
Mar. 17, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureGathering capOther
Addressees
  • all State universities
  • students, faculty and staff
Functions reached
  • IN in-person instruction suspended systemwide (about 350,000 students)
  • CP campus housing and dining (students directed home)
  • AC athletics and events
  • AD admissions and tours
  • OP administration
  • WF campus workforce
  • CB students and families; campus vendors
Collection
State education and higher-education authorities AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED

Operative words

In accordance with interim guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommending that in-person events consisting of 10 people or more be canceled or postponed... the State University System directs all state universities to take the following actions to minimize the health and safety risks to students, faculty, staff and their campus communities: REMOTE INSTRUCTION Effective immediately, remote instruction will continue through the end of the Spring semester at each state university and students who can return home should return home.

Enforcement

Fla. Const. art. IX, s. 7(d) and Fla. Stat. s. 1001.706 (Board's power to regulate and manage the system; university boards of trustees act under its delegation)

Notes

The system's March 11, 2020 statement first moved instruction remote for two weeks (record 026); this directive extended it through the semester and emptied the campuses; reached bookstores, food-service contractors, housing and event vendors in every university town

Retrieval note

Board of Governors' own publication, capture of March 17, 2020; text read.