Executive Order No. 104 (2020)

The record

Jurisdiction

New Jersey

Level

State

Authority

N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq. (Civilian Defense and Disaster Control Act); N.J.S.A. 26:13-1 et seq. (Emergency Health Powers Act)

Issued

2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020

Effective

Schools closed to students from Wednesday, March 18, 2020; higher education in-person instruction ceased March 18, 2020 (read as 2020-03-18)

End

School closures superseded by EO 175 (Aug. 13, 2020) for the 2020-21 year (schools closed for the remainder of 2019-20 by the May 4, 2020 order; private schools to June 30, 2020); higher education restart from July 1, 2020 under EO 155 (read as 2020-08-13)

In force

Mar. 18, 2020 to Aug. 13, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Business closureGathering capSchools and child careCurfew and hours

Addressees

• all public, private and parochial preschool programs and elementary and secondary schools
• all institutions of higher education
• the public

Functions reached

• IN
• RL
• EC
• TR
• FS
• AC
• AD
• CP
• WF
• CB

Collection

Education and Child Care SEC-15

Operative words

2. All public, private, and parochial preschool program premises, and elementary and secondary schools, including charter and renaissance schools, shall be closed to students beginning on Wednesday, March 18, 2020, and shall remain closed as long as this Order remains in effect. 3. All institutions of higher education shall cease in-person instruction beginning on Wednesday, March 18, 2020, and shall cease such in-person instruction as long as this Order remains in effect.... 4. The Commissioner of the Department of Education... shall be authorized to permit schools to remain open on a limited basis for the provision of food or other essential, non-educational services, or for educational or child care services if needed in emergency situations...

Enforcement

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