The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Vermont
- Level
- State
- Authority
- 20 V.S.A. §§ 8, 9, 11; EO 01-20
- Issued
- 2020-03-15 Mar. 15, 2020
- Effective
- Schools dismissed no later than Wednesday, March 18, 2020 (read as 2020-03-18)
- End
- Set to April 6, 2020; superseded by Directive 5 (Mar. 26, 2020) dismissing schools for the rest of the 2019-2020 year (VT-011) (read as 2020-04-06)
- In force
- Mar. 18, 2020 to Apr. 6, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capSchools and child care
- Addressees
- all public and independent schools
- school boards and superintendents
- Functions reached
- WF workforce (parents of school-age children)
- IN in-person instruction
- AC school-related activities
- CB (education and child-care customers)
- Collection
- Vermont VT
Operative words
All public schools and independent schools shall be dismissed, and all school related activities shall be cancelled, no later than Wednesday, March 18, 2020... All schools shall remain operational for administrators, teachers and staff to sustain essential services and to plan and implement continuity of education through remote learning.
Enforcement
¶ 8: 'All local school officials and governing bodies shall consult with and abide by the direction of the Secretary of Education'; 20 V.S.A. § 40 penalty (VT-103)
Notes
Required each district to plan meal service, special-education services, child care for health-care and response workers, and a remote learning plan.