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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-027	State University System Extends Remote Learning (directive of March 17, 2020)Directive to all twelve State universities: remote instruction through the end of the spring 2020 semester; students who can return home to…	Board of Governors, State University System of Florida (Chancellor Marshall Criser III)	State University System of Florida, Board of Governors (twelve public universities); State levelState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-051	Letter from UC President Janet Napolitano to the UC community (March 17, 2020)Systemwide transition to remote work and study; closure of the Office of the President under the Bay Area shelter-in-place orders; Regents…	Janet Napolitano, President, University of California	University of California, Office of the President (ten campuses, five medical centers, three national laboratories); State levelState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-001	Board action of March 23, 2020 approving the COVID-19 School Operations Guidance (press release, 'Board Approves Statewide School Operations Guidance to Deal with Coronavirus')Board Approves Statewide School Operations Guidance to Deal with Coronavirus (soft closure of all classroom facilities through April 20…	Idaho State Board of Education (President Debbie Critchfield), with the Governor's K-12 Emergency Council	Idaho State Board of Education; State level (constitutional board with supervision and control of all public schools)State	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-002	COVID-19 School Operations Guidance (Approved 3/23/20)COVID-19 School Operations Guidance: statewide soft closure of all school districts and charter schools through April 20, 2020	Idaho State Board of Education	Idaho State Board of Education; State levelState	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capSchools and child care	Primary source read
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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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

Board of Governors, State University System of Florida (Chancellor Marshall Criser III), State University System Extends Remote Learning (directive of March 17, 2020) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-027)
Janet Napolitano, President, University of California, Letter from UC President Janet Napolitano to the UC community (March 17, 2020) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-051)
Idaho State Board of Education (President Debbie Critchfield), with the Governor's K-12 Emergency Council, Board action of March 23, 2020 approving the COVID-19 School Operations Guidance (press release, 'Board Approves Statewide School Operations Guidance to Deal with Coronavirus') (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-001)
Idaho State Board of Education, COVID-19 School Operations Guidance (Approved 3/23/20) (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-002)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 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)

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