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Executive Order 21-06

Ordering Public Schools to Offer Fully On-Site or Hybrid In-Person Instruction, Requiring All Schools to Continue to Comply with Health and Safety Protocols

Governor Kate Brown (as Superintendent of Public Instruction and under emergency powers) · Oregon (State)

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Jurisdiction
Oregon
Level
State
Authority
ORS 401.035; ORS 401.168; ORS 401.175; ORS 401.188; ORS 401.192; ORS 433.441
Issued
2021-03-12 Mar. 12, 2021
Effective
2021-03-12 (deadlines week of Mar. 29, 2021 for K-5; week of Apr. 19, 2021 for grades 6-12) (read as 2021-03-12)
End
Rescinded as of June 30, 2021 by EO 21-15 para. 4 (read as 2021-06-30)
In force
Mar. 12, 2021 to June 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • public schools
  • private schools
  • ODE
  • OHA
Functions reached
  • IN in-person instruction (hybrid or on-site under mandatory protocols)
  • RL distance-learning option required
  • WF workforce (hybrid schedules)
  • AC athletics and activities under guidance
Collection
Oregon OR

Operative words

Not later than the week of March 29, 2021 for grades K-5, and the week of April 19, 2021 for grades 6-12, all public schools in Oregon shall be in operation to deliver educational services through either a hybrid instructional model or an on-site instructional model. After those dates, it will no longer be an option for public schools to exclusively offer a comprehensive distance learning instructional model.... public schools and private schools in Oregon are directed to comply with applicable ODE and OHA guidance issued under or continuing under the authority of this Executive Order.... Public and private schools must continue to offer families the option of continuing with the comprehensive distance learning [model].

Enforcement

ORS 401.192(1); guidance binding (face coverings, distancing, testing, isolation)

Notes

Recitals record that 819 schools offered hybrid or in-person instruction the week of March 8, 2021, after a year in which most districts were in comprehensive distance learning.

Retrieval note

OCR of the official scan.

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