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Ex. PA-119 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

Statewide closure of all K-12 schools announced Mar. 13, 2020 (effective Mar. 16 for ten business days), extended Mar. 23 and Mar. 30, 2020, and made permanent for the 2019-2020 school year Apr. 9, 2020

Statewide K-12 school closure (Mar. 13 - end of the 2019-2020 school year)

Governor Tom Wolf · Pennsylvania (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Pennsylvania
Level
State
Authority
35 Pa.C.S. § 7301; ratified by Act 13 of 2020 (PA-074)
Issued
2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
Effective
2020-03-16
End
End of the 2019-2020 school year (June 2020) (read as 2020-06-30)
In force
Mar. 16, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Schools and child care
Addressees
  • all K-12 schools, public and private
Functions reached
  • IN
  • WF (parents of school-age children statewide)
  • TR
  • FS
Collection
Pennsylvania PA

Operative words

(PA-081, Governor's Office release of Mar. 16, 2020:) Governor Tom Wolf announced on March 13 that all K-12 Pennsylvania schools will be closed for 10 business days effective Monday, March 16.

Enforcement

Governor's emergency authority; Act 13 of 2020 (Secretary of Education may 'Order the closure of all school entities')

Notes

Primary recital of the Mar. 13 closure in PA-081; the Apr. 9, 2020 extension through the school year is verified_secondary (Wikipedia chronology).

Retrieval note

Mar. 13 announcement verified from the Governor's Office release (PA-081); Act 13 (PA-074) ratifies the closure regime.

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