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COVID-19 Order No. 3

Order Temporarily Closing All Public and Private Elementary and Secondary Schools

Governor Charles D. Baker · Massachusetts (State)

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Jurisdiction
Massachusetts
Level
State
Authority
St. 1950, c. 639, ss. 7, 8, 8A
Issued
2020-03-15 Mar. 15, 2020
Effective
End of the school day March 16, 2020 (read as 2020-03-16)
End
Extended by Order No. 16 (to May 4, 2020) and Order No. 28 (to June 29, 2020) (read as 2020-05-04)
In force
Mar. 16, 2020 to May 4, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Schools and child care
Addressees
  • all public and private K-12 schools
Functions reached
  • WF workforce (children at home)
  • IN in-person instruction (private schools)
  • FS/TR school food service and transport contractors
Collection
Massachusetts MA

Operative words

All public and private elementary and secondary (K-12) schools in the Commonwealth, excluding residential and day schools for special needs students, shall suspend all normal, in-person instruction and other educational operations at the end of the school day on Monday, March 16, 2020 and shall not re-open for normal operations before Monday, April 6, 2020.

Enforcement

DPH and DESE with local boards of health; penalties under St. 1950, c. 639, s. 8

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