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Executive Order No. 117

Prohibiting Mass Gatherings and Directing the Statewide Closure of K-12 Public Schools to Limit the Spread of COVID-19

Governor Roy Cooper · North Carolina (State)

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Jurisdiction
North Carolina
Level
State
Authority
N.C. Gen. Stat. 166A-19.10, -19.30; EO 116 (Mar. 10, 2020)
Issued
2020-03-14 Mar. 14, 2020
Effective
March 16, 2020 (schools) and March 14, 2020 (gatherings over 100) (read as 2020-03-16)
End
March 30, 2020 (schools; extended by EO 120 to May 15, 2020, and by later order through end of year) (read as 2020-06-30)
In force
Mar. 16, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Gathering capSchools and child care
Addressees
  • all K-12 public schools
  • the public (mass gatherings of more than 100)
Functions reached
  • WF (1,550,062 students, Ballotpedia/NCES)
  • SCH
  • GATH
Collection
Workforce, schools and child care ECO-B

Operative words

Title: 'Prohibiting Mass Gatherings and Directing the Statewide Closure of K-12 Public Schools to Limit the Spread of COVID-19.' EO 120 recites that EO 117 'prohibited mass gatherings to no more than one hundred (100) people in the State of North Carolina and closed K-12 public schools.'

Enforcement

N.C. Gen. Stat. 166A-19.30(d), 14-288.20A (Class 2 misdemeanor)

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