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Executive Order 2020-05 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 3)

Executive Order in Response to COVID-19 (closure of all public and private pre-K-12 schools)

Governor JB Pritzker · Illinois (State)

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Jurisdiction
Illinois
Level
State
Authority
Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, 20 ILCS 3305/7(1), 7(8), 7(12)
Issued
2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
Effective
Schools closed for educational purposes from March 17 through March 30, 2020 (read as 2020-03-30)
End
Extended through Apr. 7 (Mar. 20), through Apr. 30 (EO 2020-18, Mar. 31) and for the remainder of the school year (Apr. 17, 2020) (read as 2020-04-17)
In force
Mar. 30, 2020 to Apr. 17, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Schools and child care
Addressees
  • all public and private schools in Illinois serving pre-kindergarten through 12th grade students
Functions reached
  • IN
  • RL
  • FS
  • TR
  • AC
  • WF
  • CB
Collection
Education and Child Care SEC-15

Operative words

Section 1. Beginning on March 17, 2020, all public and private schools in Illinois serving pre-kindergarten through 12th grade students must close for educational purposes through March 30, 2020. This requirement does not affect the availability of school buildings for the provision of food or other non-educational services, nor does it affect the availability of school buildings to serve as election polling locations.

Enforcement

20 ILCS 3305/7; 20 ILCS 3305/19

Notes

Private schools closed by name; food service permitted to continue.

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