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Director's Order the Closure of All K-12 Schools in the State of Ohio

In Re: Order the Closure of All K-12 Schools in the State of Ohio

Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health · Ohio (State)

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Jurisdiction
Ohio
Level
State
Authority
R.C. 3701.13
Issued
2020-03-14 Mar. 14, 2020
Effective
2020-03-17 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-03-17)
End
2020-04-03 11:59 p.m. by its terms; extended by Amended Order of Mar. 30 (through May 1), Second Amended Order of Apr. 29 (Ex. OH-018) and Third Amended Order of May 27 (Ex. OH-080) through 11:59 p.m. June 30, 2020 (read as 2020-04-03)
In force
Mar. 17, 2020 to Apr. 3, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Schools and child care
Addressees
  • all public and private K-12 schools
Functions reached
  • WF workforce (parents of 1.7 million school-aged children; EO 2020-04D recital)
  • IN in-person instruction
  • FS school food service
  • TR transport
Collection
Ohio OH

Operative words

1. All school buildings that provide any kindergarten through grade twelve instruction in the State of Ohio are to be closed to students beginning at 12:01 a.m. on March 17 and ending at 11:59 p.m. on April 3, 2020.

Enforcement

Enforcement paragraph not included; R.C. 3701.352 and 3701.99(C) apply by statute; para. 5 delegates interpretive questions to local health departments

Notes

Excludes voting, ODE-licensed school-age child care, day care, food services, boarding-school housing, health services (para. 3).

Retrieval note

Scanned image PDF from the Governor's govdelivery attachment; page 1 read visually.