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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-019	Chancellor's Executive Order 2020-02 (grading policy and term extensions)Suspension of Title 5 grading deadlines and authorization of term extensions for courses interrupted by the suspension of in-person…	Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley	California Community Colleges, Chancellor's Office; State levelState	Mar. 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Schools and child careOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-030	23 Ill. Adm. Code Part 5, Remote Learning Days (emergency rule, sections 5.5 and 5.10), 44 Ill. Reg. (March 2020)Emergency rule authorizing the State Superintendent to declare a requirement to use Remote Learning Days for the entire State, during which…	Illinois State Board of Education	Illinois State Board of Education; State levelState	Mar. 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureSchools and child careOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-039	NMAA release, '2020 State Spirit, Spring Sports, & Activities Cancelled' (March 27, 2020)Cancellation of the 2020 State Spirit Championships, the spring sports season and all remaining activities for the 2019-20 year, including…	New Mexico Activities Association Board of Directors, reciting Secretary of Public Education Ryan Stewart	New Mexico Activities Association (statewide association of member schools), acting on the New Mexico Public Education Department's closure directive; State levelState	Mar. 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capSchools and child careEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-012	Remote Learning Recommendations During COVID-19 Emergency (March 27, 2020)Statewide remote-learning recommendations governing instruction, engagement thresholds and grading during the mandatory Remote Learning Days…	Illinois State Board of Education, Remote Learning Advisory Group, State Superintendent Carmen I. Ayala	Illinois State Board of Education; State levelState	Mar. 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Schools and child careOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-033	State Superintendent's weekly message and declaration of statewide Remote Learning Days (March 27, 2020)Declaration that Remote Learning Days will begin for schools statewide on March 31, 2020 and continue until in-person instruction can resume	Dr. Carmen I. Ayala, State Superintendent of Education	Illinois State Board of Education (State Superintendent of Education); State levelState	Mar. 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-023	CIF Spring Sports Update (April 3, 2020)Cancellation of the 2020 spring sports season and State championships	California Interscholastic Federation (Executive Director Ron Nocetti)	California Interscholastic Federation (statewide governing body for high school sports, recognized by Cal. Educ. Code s. 33353); State levelState	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Schools and child careEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-041	MHSAA Cancels Remainder of 2019-20 Winter, Spring Seasons (April 3, 2020)Cancellation of the remaining winter tournaments and the entire spring 2020 season following Executive Order 2020-35 closing schools for the…	MHSAA Representative Council (Executive Director Mark Uyl)	Michigan High School Athletic Association (about 1,500 member schools); State levelState	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child careEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-003	Board motion of April 6, 2020 extending the soft closure (press release, 'Board Extends Soft Closure for K-12 Schools with Option for Reopening')Soft closure extended for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year, subject to re-entry criteria	Idaho State Board of Education	Idaho State Board of Education; State levelState	Apr. 6, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-038	State Board of Education order of March 25, 2020 adopting a Distance Learning Plan for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year (as announced in the Board's release, 'State Board approves distance learning for the remainder of the school year')Order that Oklahoma's public schools complete the 2019-20 school year by distance learning from April 6, 2020 without reopening school…	Oklahoma State Board of Education (State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister, chair)	Oklahoma State Board of Education; State levelState	Mar. 25, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-055	23 Ill. Adm. Code Part 1 emergency amendment of April 24-27, 2020 (44 Ill. Reg. 7971, effective April 27, 2020)Emergency amendments to the recognition rules for the 2019-20 closure (teacher evaluation during a declared gubernatorial disaster; remote…	Illinois State Board of Education	Illinois State Board of Education; State levelState	Apr. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Schools and child careOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-065	Board of Regents Agenda Item 3, April 30, 2020, 'Update on Loss of Revenue and Increased Expenses Related to COVID-19'Board agenda item recording the institutional heads' report on revenue loss and increased expense from the COVID-19 closure of the three…	Board of Regents, State of Iowa (Executive Director Mark Braun)	Board of Regents, State of Iowa (University of Iowa, Iowa State University, University of Northern Iowa); State levelState	Apr. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Other	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-004	School District and Charter School Re-entry Criteria (Return from Soft-Closure), as amended May 4, 2020Minimum re-entry criteria for a return from soft closure to in-person instruction	Idaho State Board of Education	Idaho State Board of Education; State levelState	May 4, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-070	Preliminary Guidance for Phased Reopening of Pre-K to 12 Schools (June 3, 2020) requiring a board-approved Health and Safety Plan before any school entity reopensRequirement that every school entity adopt and post a Health and Safety Plan approved by its governing body, consistent with the Secretary…	Pennsylvania Department of Education (Secretary Pedro A. Rivera; Acting Secretary Noe Ortega)	Pennsylvania Department of Education (Secretary of Education); State levelState	June 3, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Schools and child careWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-011	Starting the 2020-21 School Year, Part 3 - Transition Joint Guidance (June 23, 2020)Phase 4 requirements for in-person instruction: face coverings, no more than fifty individuals in one space, symptom screening, distancing…	Illinois State Board of Education (State Superintendent Carmen I. Ayala) and Illinois Department of Public Health, with the Transition Advisory Workgroup	Illinois State Board of Education and Illinois Department of Public Health; State levelState	June 23, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-036	Workplace Safety and Reopening Standards for Businesses and Other Entities Providing Youth and Adult Amateur Sports Activities - Phase III, Step 1 (July 6, 2020; amended Aug. 13, Oct. 2 and Oct. 4, 2020 and Feb. 8, 2021)Mandatory sector rules for youth and adult amateur sports: risk categories and levels of play, no indoor tournaments, 25-player caps…	Secretary of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (Kathleen A. Theoharides)	Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (Secretary), sector-specific rules for youth and adult amateur sports under the Governor's reopening orders; State levelState	July 6, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-005	Idaho Back to School Framework 2020 (as amended October 21, 2020)Idaho Back to School Framework 2020: expectations, guidelines and best practices for the 2020-21 school year by community transmission…	Idaho State Board of Education (approved July 9, 2020; amended October 21, 2020), with Governor Brad Little's letter	Idaho State Board of Education, with the Office of the Governor and the State Department of Education; State levelState	July 9, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Schools and child careWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-006	Board action of July 9, 2020 approving the Idaho Back to School Framework (press release, 'Board Approves School Reopening Framework')Board Approves School Reopening Framework (Idaho Back to School Framework 2020)	Idaho State Board of Education (President Debbie Critchfield)	Idaho State Board of Education; State levelState	July 9, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Schools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-016	Recovering, Rebuilding, and Renewing: The Spirit of New York's Schools - Reopening Guidance (July 16, 2020)Reopening guidance for the 2020-21 school year: mandatory plan elements (health checks, distancing, face coverings, cleaning…	New York State Education Department (Interim Commissioner Shannon Tahoe) and the Board of Regents (Chancellor Betty A. Rosa)	New York State Education Department and Board of Regents; State levelState	July 16, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-024	CIF Statement on 2020-21 Sports Calendar (July 20, 2020)Two-season calendar for 2020-21 with fall sports moved to December 2020-January 2021 starts	California Interscholastic Federation	California Interscholastic Federation; State levelState	July 20, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Context (guidance or announcement)Schools and child careEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-063	2020-2021 UIL COVID-19 Risk Mitigation Guidelines (July 21, 2020, as updated)Mandatory conditions for UIL activities in 2020-21: face coverings under GA-29, 50 percent spectator capacity, screening, distancing, and…	University Interscholastic League	University Interscholastic League; State levelState	July 21, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-064	2020-21 Football COVID Calendar and Update (modified activities calendar of July 21, 2020)Modified 2020-21 calendar: conference 6A and 5A football practice delayed to September 7 and first games to September 24, 2020; 1A-4A on the…	University Interscholastic League	University Interscholastic League; State levelState	July 21, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Context (guidance or announcement)Events and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-010	SY 20-21 Public Health Planning Guidance (version of July 28, 2020; first issued July 7, 2020)Public health planning requirements for the 2020-21 school year: posted mitigation plans, staff self-screening, exclusion of symptomatic and…	Texas Education Agency, Commissioner Mike Morath	Texas Education Agency (Commissioner of Education); State levelState	July 28, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-009	COVID-19 Industry Guidance: Institutions of Higher Education (August 7, 2020)Industry guidance for institutions of higher education: required face coverings, distancing, prohibition of indoor lectures in counties on…	California Department of Public Health with Cal/OSHA (covid19.ca.gov)	California Department of Public Health (State Public Health Officer) and Cal/OSHA, industry guidance for institutions of higher education under the Governor's orders; State levelState	Aug. 7, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-021	Big Ten Statement on 2020-21 Fall Season (August 11, 2020)Postponement of all fall 2020 sports competition, including football, in the Big Ten Conference	Big Ten Conference Council of Presidents and Chancellors (Commissioner Kevin Warren)	Big Ten Conference (fourteen member universities, twelve of them public); multistate; context onlySector regulator	Aug. 11, 2020	2020 Q3	Events and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-042	MHSAA Announces Football to Move to Spring Season for 2020-21 (August 14, 2020)Postponement of the 2020 football season to spring 2021 under the executive orders limiting contact sports	MHSAA Representative Council	Michigan High School Athletic Association; State levelState	Aug. 14, 2020	2020 Q3	Events and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source

Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley, Chancellor's Executive Order 2020-02 (grading policy and term extensions) (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-019)
Illinois State Board of Education, 23 Ill. Adm. Code Part 5, Remote Learning Days (emergency rule, sections 5.5 and 5.10), 44 Ill. Reg. (March 2020) (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-030)
New Mexico Activities Association Board of Directors, reciting Secretary of Public Education Ryan Stewart, NMAA release, '2020 State Spirit, Spring Sports, & Activities Cancelled' (March 27, 2020) (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-039)
Illinois State Board of Education, Remote Learning Advisory Group, State Superintendent Carmen I. Ayala, Remote Learning Recommendations During COVID-19 Emergency (March 27, 2020) (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-012)
Dr. Carmen I. Ayala, State Superintendent of Education, State Superintendent's weekly message and declaration of statewide Remote Learning Days (March 27, 2020) (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-033)
California Interscholastic Federation (Executive Director Ron Nocetti), CIF Spring Sports Update (April 3, 2020) (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-023)
MHSAA Representative Council (Executive Director Mark Uyl), MHSAA Cancels Remainder of 2019-20 Winter, Spring Seasons (April 3, 2020) (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-041)
Idaho State Board of Education, Board motion of April 6, 2020 extending the soft closure (press release, 'Board Extends Soft Closure for K-12 Schools with Option for Reopening') (Apr. 6, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-003)
Oklahoma State Board of Education (State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister, chair), State Board of Education order of March 25, 2020 adopting a Distance Learning Plan for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year (as announced in the Board's release, 'State Board approves distance learning for the remainder of the school year') (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-038)
Illinois State Board of Education, 23 Ill. Adm. Code Part 1 emergency amendment of April 24-27, 2020 (44 Ill. Reg. 7971, effective April 27, 2020) (Apr. 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-055)
Board of Regents, State of Iowa (Executive Director Mark Braun), Board of Regents Agenda Item 3, April 30, 2020, 'Update on Loss of Revenue and Increased Expenses Related to COVID-19' (Apr. 30, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-065)
Idaho State Board of Education, School District and Charter School Re-entry Criteria (Return from Soft-Closure), as amended May 4, 2020 (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-004)
Pennsylvania Department of Education (Secretary Pedro A. Rivera; Acting Secretary Noe Ortega), Preliminary Guidance for Phased Reopening of Pre-K to 12 Schools (June 3, 2020) requiring a board-approved Health and Safety Plan before any school entity reopens (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-070)
Illinois State Board of Education (State Superintendent Carmen I. Ayala) and Illinois Department of Public Health, with the Transition Advisory Workgroup, Starting the 2020-21 School Year, Part 3 - Transition Joint Guidance (June 23, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-011)
Secretary of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (Kathleen A. Theoharides), Workplace Safety and Reopening Standards for Businesses and Other Entities Providing Youth and Adult Amateur Sports Activities - Phase III, Step 1 (July 6, 2020; amended Aug. 13, Oct. 2 and Oct. 4, 2020 and Feb. 8, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-036)
Idaho State Board of Education (approved July 9, 2020; amended October 21, 2020), with Governor Brad Little's letter, Idaho Back to School Framework 2020 (as amended October 21, 2020) (July 9, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-005)
Idaho State Board of Education (President Debbie Critchfield), Board action of July 9, 2020 approving the Idaho Back to School Framework (press release, 'Board Approves School Reopening Framework') (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-006)
New York State Education Department (Interim Commissioner Shannon Tahoe) and the Board of Regents (Chancellor Betty A. Rosa), Recovering, Rebuilding, and Renewing: The Spirit of New York's Schools - Reopening Guidance (July 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-016)
California Interscholastic Federation, CIF Statement on 2020-21 Sports Calendar (July 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-024)
University Interscholastic League, 2020-2021 UIL COVID-19 Risk Mitigation Guidelines (July 21, 2020, as updated) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-063)
University Interscholastic League, 2020-21 Football COVID Calendar and Update (modified activities calendar of July 21, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-064)
Texas Education Agency, Commissioner Mike Morath, SY 20-21 Public Health Planning Guidance (version of July 28, 2020; first issued July 7, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-010)
California Department of Public Health with Cal/OSHA (covid19.ca.gov), COVID-19 Industry Guidance: Institutions of Higher Education (August 7, 2020) (Aug. 7, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-009)
Big Ten Conference Council of Presidents and Chancellors (Commissioner Kevin Warren), Big Ten Statement on 2020-21 Fall Season (August 11, 2020) (Aug. 11, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-021)
MHSAA Representative Council, MHSAA Announces Football to Move to Spring Season for 2020-21 (August 14, 2020) (Aug. 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-042)

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