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Ex. ECO-B-050Education Week, 'Map: Coronavirus and School Closures in 2019-2020' (Mar. 6, 2020; updated Oct. 13, 2021)Map: Coronavirus and School Closures in 2019-2020 (at their peak the closures affected at least 55.1 million students in 124,000 U.S. public…Education Week (secondary source)United States (all States)OtherMar. 6, 20202020 Q2Schools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-127COVID-19 Order No. 6 (Mar. 15, 2020), Order Temporarily Closing All Public and Private Elementary and Secondary SchoolsTemporary closure of all public and private elementary and secondary schools, March 17 - April 6, 2020Governor Charles D. BakerMassachusettsStateMar. 15, 20202020 Q2Schools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-100Executive Order 202.4Continuing Temporary Suspension and Modification of Laws Relating to the Disaster Emergency (statewide closure of schools from March 18…Governor Andrew M. CuomoNew YorkStateMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Schools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-063Executive Order 20-05Closure of all K-12 schools until May 1, 2020Governor Eric J. HolcombIndianaStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q2Schools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-125Director's Order to close all child care facilities except Temporary Pandemic Child Care (Mar. 24, 2020)Closure of facilities providing child care services, with Temporary Pandemic Child Care exceptionOhio Department of Health (Director Amy Acton)OhioStateMar. 24, 20202020 Q2Business closureSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-058MDH Order of March 27, 2020, Designation of Health Officers (Quarantine)Order designating local health officers to issue isolation and quarantine directives during the COVID-19 catastrophic health emergencyMaryland Department of Health (Secretary Robert R. Neall)MarylandStateMar. 27, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Quarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-035Executive Order 2020-51 (Mar. 30, 2020), extending the school closure of EO 2020-09 (Mar. 15) and the Mar. 20 extensionExtension of school closures through the end of the 2019-2020 school yearGovernor Douglas A. Ducey and Superintendent Kathy HoffmanArizonaStateMar. 30, 20202020 Q2Schools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-122Second Amended Order the Closure of K-12 Schools in the State of Ohio (Apr. 2020)Closure of K-12 schools (second amended order, extending the Mar. 14, 2020 closure to May 1, 2020)Ohio Department of Health (Director Amy Acton)OhioStateApr. 1, 20202020 Q2Schools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-064Executive Order 20-16 (Education)Closure of K-12 schools through the end of the 2019-2020 school yearGovernor Eric J. HolcombIndianaStateApr. 2, 20202020 Q2Schools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-128COVID-19 Order of April 21, 2020 extending the closure of schools and non-emergency child care through the end of the school year (reported as Order No. 27 (schools) and No. 28 (child care))Extension of school and child-care closures through the end of the 2019-2020 school year (June 29, 2020 for child care)Governor Charles D. BakerMassachusettsStateApr. 21, 20202020 Q2Schools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-142Executive Order of June 29, 2020 delaying the start of in-person instruction to August 17, 2020 (EO 2020-41), and Executive Order of July 23, 2020 (EO 2020-51) requiring schools to open at least one on-site location from August 17 while instruction remained remote absent ADHS benchmarksDelay of in-person instruction to August 17, 2020; benchmark conditions for reopening (Aug. 6, 2020 ADHS benchmarks)Governor Douglas A. DuceyArizonaStateJune 29, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Schools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-105Ballotpedia, 'School responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during the 2019-2020 academic year'State-by-State chronology of spring 2020 school closure orders and announcements, with total students affected per State (NCES)Ballotpedia (secondary source; student counts from NCES)United States (50 States and D.C.)OtherJune 30, 20202020 Q2Schools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-119Third Amended Director's Order for the Closure of K-12 Schools in the State of Ohio (May 2020)Closure of all K-12 schools through the end of the 2019-2020 school year (third amendment)Ohio Department of Health (Director Amy Acton)OhioStateMay 20, 20202020 Q2Schools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-143CDPH COVID-19 and Reopening In-Person Learning Framework for K-12 Schools in California, 2020-2021 School Year (July 17, 2020)Schools in counties on the State's County Monitoring List may not reopen for in-person instruction; remote instruction required until the…Governor Gavin Newsom / California Department of Public HealthCaliforniaStateJuly 17, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Schools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-118Director's Order Requiring the Use of Facial Coverings in Child Education Settings (K-12) (Aug. 13, 2020)Director's Order: facial coverings in K-12 schoolsOhio Department of Health (Director Lance Himes, interim)OhioStateAug. 13, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-144Twenty-Fifth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (Aug. 25, 2020)Face coverings required for students in kindergarten and above inside schools; parental notification of positive casesGovernor John CarneyDelawareStateAug. 25, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-047Oregon OSHA Temporary Rule OAR 437-001-0744, Addressing COVID-19 Workplace Risks (Administrative Order 3-2020; corrected by AO 4-2020, Dec. 11, 2020)Temporary Rule Addressing COVID-19 Workplace Risks (all workplaces): distancing, masks, exposure risk assessment, infection control plan…Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA), Department of Consumer and Business ServicesOregonStateNov. 6, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-076MDHHS Emergency Order, Gatherings and Face Mask Order (Nov. 15, 2020), extended Dec. 7, 2020Gatherings and Face Mask Order ('Pause to Save Lives'): high schools and colleges closed to in-person instruction; indoor dining closedMichigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Robert Gordon)MichiganStateNov. 15, 20202020 Q4Business closureGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-043COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards, 8 C.C.R. 3205, 3205.1, 3205.2, 3205.3, 3205.4COVID-19 Prevention (written program; exclusion of COVID-19 cases and close contacts from the workplace with pay; outbreak testing…Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board; Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA)CaliforniaStateNov. 19, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-157State laws and orders barring school districts from requiring masks (2021)State bans on school mask mandates, 2021-22, and their litigation historyState legislatures and governorsArizona, Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, UtahStateMay 20, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-106Ballotpedia, 'School responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during the 2020-2021 academic year'State-by-State chronology of 2020-21 reopening orders, statewide closures (Kentucky Nov. 23, 2020; Michigan Nov. 18, 2020), in-person…Ballotpedia (secondary source; Burbio data)United States (50 States and D.C.)OtherJuly 8, 20212020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Schools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-086CDPH, COVID-19 Public Health Guidance for K-12 Schools in California, 2021-22 School Year (July 12, 2021, as later amended)COVID-19 Public Health Guidance for K-12 Schools in California, 2021-22 School Year (universal indoor masking in K-12 schools from July 12…California Department of Public HealthCaliforniaStateJuly 12, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-089VA press release, 'VA mandates COVID-19 vaccines among its medical employees' (July 26, 2021)VA mandates COVID-19 vaccines among its medical employees including VHA facilitiesDepartment of Veterans Affairs (Secretary Denis McDonough)United StatesFederalJuly 26, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-135State employee vaccination policy announced July 29, 2021 (vaccination or testing every two weeks), effective August 2, 2021New Mexico state government employees: vaccination or biweekly testingGovernor Michelle Lujan GrishamNew MexicoStateJuly 29, 20212021 Q3Workplace rulesVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-156Public Health Emergency Order requiring masks indoors in K-12 schools (Aug. 12, 2021)Virginia K-12 school mask requirement (Aug. 12, 2021; shifted to a ban Mar. 1, 2022)State Health Commissioner M. Norman Oliver, M.D. (Public Health Emergency Order, Aug. 12, 2021)VirginiaStateAug. 12, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source