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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
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
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-053	MHSAA Council Reinstates 2020 Football Season; Full Fall Competition Schedule Authorized (September 3, 2020)Reinstatement of the fall 2020 football season upon Executive Order 2020-176 with attendance limits and face-covering conditions	MHSAA Representative Council	Michigan High School Athletic Association; State levelState	Sept. 3, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-007	603 CMR 27.00, Student Learning Time, including 27.08 (Health and Safety Standards during a State of Emergency or Other Exigent Circumstances), as amended through February 23, 2021 (Wayback capture of February 26, 2021)603 CMR 27.08: Commissioner to issue health and safety requirements; every district to submit a plan prioritizing in-person instruction with…	Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (regulation); Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley (requirements issued under 27.08)	Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education; State levelState	Feb. 23, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-066	Memorandum on the adoption of 603 CMR 27.08 (Board meeting of September 29, 2020, item 4, with tracked text and public comment)Permanent adoption of 603 CMR 27.08 (Health and Safety Standards during a State of Emergency) after its emergency adoption for the 2020-21…	Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley (memorandum to the Board); Board vote of September 29, 2020	Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; State levelState	Sept. 29, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Schools and child careWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-040	NMAA release, 'NMAA Forced to Postpone Fall Sports Due to Governor's Orders' (October 12, 2020)Postponement of the volleyball, cross country and fall golf seasons because the Governor's public health order barred interscholastic…	New Mexico Activities Association (Executive Director Sally Marquez)	New Mexico Activities Association, acting under the Governor's public health orders; State levelState	Oct. 12, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capSchools and child careEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-022	The Big Ten Conference Adopts Stringent Medical Protocols; Football Season to Resume October 23-24, 2020 (September 16, 2020)Reinstatement of the football season under daily antigen testing and cardiac protocols	Big Ten Conference Council of Presidents and Chancellors	Big Ten Conference; multistate; context onlySector regulator	Sept. 16, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Events and venuesWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-046	USHE release, 'Gov. Gary R. Herbert and Utah Department of Health issue weekly COVID-19 testing requirement for USHE students' (November 9, 2020), quoting the State Public Health Order's 'Restrictions on institutions of higher education'State public health order requiring every public institution of higher education to test each student age 18 or older who lives on campus or…	Utah Department of Health (State Public Health Order of Nov. 8, 2020, as updated Nov. 23, 2020); recited by the Utah System of Higher Education	Utah Department of Health (State Public Health Order of November 8, 2020) as applied to the Utah System of Higher Education's eight public institutions; State levelState	Nov. 9, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-025	CIF Statement (December 1, 2020) postponing Season 1 competitionPostponement of the start of Season 1 sports pending updated CDPH youth-sports guidance	California Interscholastic Federation	California Interscholastic Federation; State levelState	Dec. 1, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Context (guidance or announcement)Schools and child careEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-015	Outdoor and Indoor Youth and Recreational Adult Sports (guidance of December 14, 2020, updated January 25, 2021; further updated February 19, 2021)Youth and adult recreational sports permitted by county tier; inter-team competition resumed January 25, 2021 only within the tier table; no…	California Department of Public Health (Sandra Shewry, Acting Director; Erica S. Pan, M.D., Acting State Health Officer)	California Department of Public Health (Acting State Public Health Officer Erica S. Pan, M.D.); State levelState	Dec. 14, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-047	Memorandum on proposed amendments to 603 CMR 27.08 (Board meeting of March 5, 2021, item 1b, with strikethrough text)Board's March 5, 2021 emergency amendment authorizing the Commissioner to determine when hybrid and remote learning models no longer count…	Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley (memorandum to the Board)	Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; State levelState	Mar. 5, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Schools and child careOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-067	Reentry Guide, Version 3 (January 2021)Requirements for the phased reentry of New Mexico public schools in 2020-21 (remote, hybrid and full reentry by county gating criteria…	New Mexico Public Education Department	New Mexico Public Education Department; State levelState	Jan. 29, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-068	603 CMR 27.00, Student Learning Time, as most recently amended May 25, 2021 (current official text, including 27.08 as amended March 5 and May 25, 2021)603 CMR 27.08 as amended: Commissioner's authority to require in-person instruction and to determine that hybrid and remote models no longer…	Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education	Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and Commissioner; State levelState	May 25, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-008	University of California Policy, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Vaccination Program (final policy issued July 15, 2021)Systemwide requirement that students, faculty and staff who access UC locations be vaccinated against COVID-19 (with medical, disability and…	President Michael V. Drake, M.D. (Interim President Drake; policy issued by the Office of the President)	University of California, Office of the President; State levelState	July 15, 2021	2021 Q3	Workplace rulesVaccination or testing	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-050	COVID-19 Response Toolkit for New Mexico's Public Schools (public version updated July 26, 2021)Requirements for the 2021-22 school year: face masks, COVID-19 point person, reporting of positive cases to PED by the next business day…	New Mexico Public Education Department (Secretary Ryan Stewart)	New Mexico Public Education Department (Secretary of Public Education); State levelState	July 26, 2021	2021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-035	California State University to Implement COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement for Fall 2021 Term (July 27, 2021) and the Interim CSU COVID-19 Vaccination PolicyRequirement that CSU students, faculty and staff accessing campus facilities be vaccinated (with exemptions) for the fall 2021 term	Chancellor Joseph I. Castro	California State University (Chancellor's Office); State levelState	July 27, 2021	2021 Q3	Workplace rulesVaccination or testing	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-032	Letter to Superintendents, 'Enforcement of the Universal Indoor Masking Requirement' (August 11, 2021)ISBE enforcement of Executive Order 2021-18's universal indoor masking requirement in all P-12 schools through recognition status, loss of…	Dr. Carmen I. Ayala, State Superintendent of Education, Illinois State Board of Education	Illinois State Board of Education (State Superintendent of Education); State levelState	Aug. 11, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-029	State Health Commissioner Order of Public Health Emergency, Statewide Requirement To Wear Masks In K-12 Schools (Order of Public Health Emergency Ten)Statewide requirement that all individuals aged two and older wear masks when indoors at public and private K-12 schools	M. Norman Oliver, M.D., M.A., State Health Commissioner	Virginia State Health Commissioner (acting for the State Board of Health); State level; addressed to all public and private K-12 schoolsState	Aug. 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-049	6.12.15 NMAC, COVID-19 School Requirements (emergency rule filed August 12, 2021)Emergency rule imposing the 2021-22 COVID-19 requirements on public schools: masking, reporting, testing, isolation and quarantine…	Secretary of Public Education Ryan Stewart	New Mexico Public Education Department; State levelState	Aug. 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-061	Fall 2021 Reopening Plans (vaccination mandate for students attending in person; face coverings; testing for unvaccinated employees) (August 2021)Vaccination required of all students attending in-person classes for fall 2021 (FDA approval Aug. 23, 2021 triggered the deadline), with…	CUNY Board of Trustees and Chancellor	City University of New York; State and city levelCity	Aug. 16, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Confirmed from a secondary source

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)
MHSAA Representative Council, MHSAA Council Reinstates 2020 Football Season; Full Fall Competition Schedule Authorized (September 3, 2020) (Sept. 3, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-053)
Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (regulation); Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley (requirements issued under 27.08), 603 CMR 27.00, Student Learning Time, including 27.08 (Health and Safety Standards during a State of Emergency or Other Exigent Circumstances), as amended through February 23, 2021 (Wayback capture of February 26, 2021) (Feb. 23, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-007)
Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley (memorandum to the Board); Board vote of September 29, 2020, Memorandum on the adoption of 603 CMR 27.08 (Board meeting of September 29, 2020, item 4, with tracked text and public comment) (Sept. 29, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-066)
New Mexico Activities Association (Executive Director Sally Marquez), NMAA release, 'NMAA Forced to Postpone Fall Sports Due to Governor's Orders' (October 12, 2020) (Oct. 12, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-040)
Big Ten Conference Council of Presidents and Chancellors, The Big Ten Conference Adopts Stringent Medical Protocols; Football Season to Resume October 23-24, 2020 (September 16, 2020) (Sept. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-022)
Utah Department of Health (State Public Health Order of Nov. 8, 2020, as updated Nov. 23, 2020); recited by the Utah System of Higher Education, USHE release, 'Gov. Gary R. Herbert and Utah Department of Health issue weekly COVID-19 testing requirement for USHE students' (November 9, 2020), quoting the State Public Health Order's 'Restrictions on institutions of higher education' (Nov. 9, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-046)
California Interscholastic Federation, CIF Statement (December 1, 2020) postponing Season 1 competition (Dec. 1, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-025)
California Department of Public Health (Sandra Shewry, Acting Director; Erica S. Pan, M.D., Acting State Health Officer), Outdoor and Indoor Youth and Recreational Adult Sports (guidance of December 14, 2020, updated January 25, 2021; further updated February 19, 2021) (Dec. 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-015)
Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley (memorandum to the Board), Memorandum on proposed amendments to 603 CMR 27.08 (Board meeting of March 5, 2021, item 1b, with strikethrough text) (Mar. 5, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-047)
New Mexico Public Education Department, Reentry Guide, Version 3 (January 2021) (Jan. 29, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-067)
Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, 603 CMR 27.00, Student Learning Time, as most recently amended May 25, 2021 (current official text, including 27.08 as amended March 5 and May 25, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-068)
President Michael V. Drake, M.D. (Interim President Drake; policy issued by the Office of the President), University of California Policy, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Vaccination Program (final policy issued July 15, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-008)
New Mexico Public Education Department (Secretary Ryan Stewart), COVID-19 Response Toolkit for New Mexico's Public Schools (public version updated July 26, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-050)
Chancellor Joseph I. Castro, California State University to Implement COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement for Fall 2021 Term (July 27, 2021) and the Interim CSU COVID-19 Vaccination Policy (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-035)
Dr. Carmen I. Ayala, State Superintendent of Education, Illinois State Board of Education, Letter to Superintendents, 'Enforcement of the Universal Indoor Masking Requirement' (August 11, 2021) (Aug. 11, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-032)
M. Norman Oliver, M.D., M.A., State Health Commissioner, State Health Commissioner Order of Public Health Emergency, Statewide Requirement To Wear Masks In K-12 Schools (Order of Public Health Emergency Ten) (Aug. 12, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-029)
Secretary of Public Education Ryan Stewart, 6.12.15 NMAC, COVID-19 School Requirements (emergency rule filed August 12, 2021) (Aug. 12, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-049)
CUNY Board of Trustees and Chancellor, Fall 2021 Reopening Plans (vaccination mandate for students attending in person; face coverings; testing for unvaccinated employees) (August 2021) (Aug. 16, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-061)

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