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Ex. SEC-15-057 Order Primary source read

Executive Order No. 20-07

Temporarily closing K-12 schools to slow the spread of COVID-19

Governor Laura Kelly · Kansas (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Kansas
Level
State
Authority
K.S.A. 48-924 and 48-925
Issued
2020-03-17 Mar. 17, 2020
Effective
School buildings closed to in-person instruction from March 23 until May 29, 2020 (read as 2020-05-29)
End
2020-05-29 (end of the 2019-20 school year) (read as 2020-05-29)
In force
May 29, 2020 to May 29, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Schools and child care
Addressees
  • all K-12 school buildings or facilities, whether public or private
Functions reached
  • IN
  • RL
  • FS
  • TR
  • AC
  • WF
  • CB
Collection
Education and Child Care SEC-15

Operative words

1. All K-12 school buildings or facilities-whether public or private-used for student instruction are to close and cease in-person instruction until May 29, 2020, except as allowed below. 2. Any school building or facility operating with a total of fewer than 10 students, instructors, or staff may continue normal operations so long as they comply with all directives regarding social distancing... 6. This order supersedes any contrary or less restrictive order by any local health department regarding the operation of schools...

Enforcement

K.S.A. 48-939 (class A misdemeanor)

Notes

The first statewide remainder-of-year closure in the nation, reaching private schools by name.

Retrieval note

Read by page image (pp. 1-2).

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