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- Jurisdiction
- South Carolina
- Level
- State
- Authority
- S.C. Const. art. IV, § 17; S.C. Code §§ 1-3-420, 25-1-440
- Issued
- 2020-03-15 Mar. 15, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-16 (schools closed for students and non-essential employees) (read as 2020-03-16)
- End
- Closure extended by successive emergency declarations; EO 2020-40 § 2 (June 11, 2020) continued it 'for the duration of the State of Emergency' for the 2019-20 year (read as 2020-06-11)
- In force
- Mar. 16, 2020 to June 11, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capSchools and child careCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- all public schools
- state-supported colleges, universities and technical colleges
- State Election Commission
- the public (gatherings)
- Functions reached
- WF workforce (every parent of a public-school child)
- IN in-person instruction
- CP campus housing and dining
- CB families and student customers
- Collection
- South Carolina SC
Operative words
I hereby direct the closure of all public schools in the State of South Carolina for students and non-essential employees beginning Monday, March 16, 2020, and through Tuesday, March 31, 2020... This Order applies to all students and employees of public schools, to include state-supported colleges, universities, and technical colleges... I hereby direct that any election... scheduled to be held... on or before May 1, 2020, shall be postponed and rescheduled.... I urge that indoor and outdoor public gatherings be cancelled, postponed, or rescheduled, to the extent possible, or limited so as not to exceed one hundred (100) people.
Enforcement
Order 'effective immediately'; enforcement under §§ 1-3-430, 1-3-440 and the State of Emergency
Notes
Section 4's 100-person urging expressly did not apply to private businesses; the school closure did.