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Ex. NM-077 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

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)

School closure orders and PED reentry instruments

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham; Public Education Secretary Ryan Stewart · New Mexico (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
New Mexico
Level
State
Authority
Executive order and PED directive
Issued
2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
Effective
2020-03-16
End
Remote or hybrid instruction through the 2020-21 year (full in-person permitted Apr. 5, 2021, Ballotpedia); 2021-22 masking, testing, reporting and closure rules through Q3 2021 (read as 2021-04-05)
In force
Mar. 16, 2020 to Apr. 5, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementSchools and child care
Addressees
  • all public pre-schools and K-12 schools
  • private schools (by PHO incorporation)
Functions reached
  • WF workforce with school-age children
  • IN in-person instruction
  • EC child care
Collection
New Mexico NM

Operative words

[Governor's Mar. 13, 2020 release:] 'The order closing all public pre-schools and K-12 schools will be effective through April 3 and may be extended'; [Mar. 27 release:] 'a new executive order that extends the closing through the end of the school year'; [PHO Aug. 28, 2020 onward, NM-028 para. 11:] private schools 'shall adhere to the face covering and other COVID-Safe Practices requirements for in-person instruction described in the document Reentry Guidance published by New Mexico's Public Education Department on June 20, 2020'.

Enforcement

PED authority; PHO penalties for private schools

Notes

The PED website (webnew.ped.state.nm.us) refused connections in this session; the executive order closing schools for the year was not located as a PDF. Fall 2020 remote start, Sept. 8 hybrid openings, Jan. 2021 remote reset and Apr. 5, 2021 full in-person are from Ballotpedia and the Governor's Aug. 27, 2020 release (secondary).

Retrieval note

The PHO incorporation of the PED instruments (NM-028 through NM-070 para. 4/11) is primary.