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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. SEC-15-060	Executive Order No. 20-09Closure of K-12 schools through April 28, 2020; restrictions on in-person instruction at institutions of higher education	Governor Kate Brown	OregonState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-057	Executive Order No. 20-07Temporarily closing K-12 schools to slow the spread of COVID-19	Governor Laura Kelly	KansasState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-15-013	Executive Order No. 149 (2020)Reopening of child care centers (June 15, 2020) and youth summer camps (July 6, 2020) under DOH COVID-19 Child Care and Youth Summer Camp…	Governor Philip D. Murphy	New JerseyState	May 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Schools and child careEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-15-019	Executive Order 2020-412020-2021 School Year: Prioritizing Kids and Schools During COVID-19	Governor Douglas A. Ducey	ArizonaState	June 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Schools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-15-052	Executive Order 2020-142 (MI Safe Schools: Michigan's 2020-21 Return to School Roadmap)Provision of preK-12 education for the 2020-2021 school year	Governor Gretchen Whitmer	MichiganState	June 30, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-018	Executive Order No. 155 (2020)Resumption of in-person instruction and on-campus operations at institutions of higher education and training schools from July 1, 2020…	Governor Philip D. Murphy	New JerseyState	June 18, 2020	2020 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-15-092	The July 17-20, 2020 fall-opening orders of Kansas, Utah and Iowa (grouped record)Kansas EO 20-59; Utah UDOH K-12 face-covering order; Iowa Proclamation of July 17, 2020	Governor Laura Kelly (KS EO 20-59, July 20, 2020: face coverings in schools); Utah Department of Health (State Public Health Order of July 20, 2020: face coverings in all public and private K-12 schools); Governor Kim Reynolds (Iowa Proclamation of July 17, 2020: at least half of instruction in person)	Kansas; Utah; IowaState	July 20, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-021	Emergency Executive Order 20-82 (Safe Learning Plan for the 2020-21 school year)Implementing a Safe Learning Plan for the 2020-21 School Year	Governor Tim Walz	MinnesotaState	July 30, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-058	Executive Order No. 1517Face coverings in schools; delayed start of the 2020-21 year for grades 7-12 in eight counties	Governor Tate Reeves	MississippiState	Aug. 4, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-15-014	Executive Order No. 175 (2020)Reopening of schools for the 2020-2021 school year under mandatory health and safety standards; remote instruction where standards cannot be…	Governor Philip D. Murphy	New JerseyState	Aug. 13, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-15-079	Executive Order 2020-969 (all public and private K-12 schools to cease in-person instruction Nov. 23, 2020; elementary schools may reopen Dec. 7 in non-red counties; middle and high schools remote through Jan. 4, 2021)Executive Order 2020-969	Governor Andy Beshear	KentuckyState	Nov. 18, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Business closureSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-022	Emergency Executive Order 20-99 (Four Week Dial Back), as extended by EO 20-103 (Dec. 16, 2020)Implementing a Four Week Dial Back on Certain Activities to Slow the Spread of COVID-19 (organized youth and adult sports paused)	Governor Tim Walz	MinnesotaState	Nov. 18, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Business closureGathering capEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-029	Executive Order GA-36Relating to the prohibition of governmental entities and officials from mandating face coverings or restricting activities in response to…	Governor Greg Abbott	TexasState	May 18, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOther	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-15-031	H.B. 1007, Face Covering Requirements (2021 First Special Session)Face Covering Requirements	Utah Legislature, 2021 First Special Session; Governor Spencer Cox (signed)	UtahState	May 19, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOther	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-15-030	House File 847 (2021), Division on facial covering policies (counties, cities and schools), new Iowa Code section 280.31An Act relating to education, including... facial covering policies	Iowa General Assembly (89th G.A.); Governor Kim Reynolds (signed)	IowaState	May 20, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOther	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-15-046	Senate Bill 658 (2021), enrolledAn Act relating to schools; prohibiting... vaccination requirements, vaccine passports and mask mandates for unvaccinated students absent a…	Oklahoma Legislature (58th Leg.); Governor Kevin Stitt (signed)	OklahomaState	May 28, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testingOther	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-15-089	Proviso 1.108 (no school district may use appropriated funds to require students or staff to wear face masks); upheld by the South Carolina Supreme Court Sept. 2, 2021 (City of Columbia); enforcement enjoined Sept. 28, 2021 (Disability Rights South Carolina v. McMaster)Proviso 1.108 (school mask-mandate funding ban)	South Carolina General Assembly (2021-22 Appropriations Act, H. 4100, Proviso 1.108); U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina (Lewis, J.)	South CarolinaState	June 22, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-038	Proclamation Number 131 JBE 2021COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Mitigation Measures (renewal of the public health emergency; Phase 3 mitigation measures continued)	Governor John Bel Edwards	LouisianaState	July 21, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declarationWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-15-045	Act 1002 of 2021 (SB 590)An Act to Prohibit the Mandatory Use of Face Masks, Face Shields, or Other Face Coverings	Arkansas General Assembly (93rd G.A.); Governor Asa Hutchinson (signed)	ArkansasState	Apr. 28, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOther	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-15-047	Executive Order GA-38Relating to the continued response to the COVID-19 disaster (consolidation of GA-34, GA-35, GA-36; no governmental mask mandates; no vaccine…	Governor Greg Abbott	TexasState	July 29, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testingOther	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-15-040	Executive Order 21-175Ensuring Parents' Freedom to Choose - Masks in Schools	Governor Ron DeSantis	FloridaState	July 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-085	Proclamation 20-9.4 (July 30, 2021): K-12 schools prohibited from operating outside the Department of Health's K-12 requirements (universal indoor masking, distancing, ventilation, testing and reporting) for 2021-22Proclamation 20-9.4 (K-12 Schools, 2021-22)	Governor Jay Inslee	WashingtonState	July 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-026	Executive Order 2021-18 (masks in all public and nonpublic P-12 schools), followed by EO 2021-20 (Aug. 26, 2021; statewide indoor masks; school and higher-education vaccination-or-testing)Executive Order 2021-18	Governor JB Pritzker	IllinoisState	Aug. 4, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-074	Proclamation Number 137 JBE 2021COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Mitigation Measures - Statewide Mask Mandate	Governor John Bel Edwards	LouisianaState	Aug. 2, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-15-083	Emergency Directive 048 (Aug. 4, 2021; face coverings for staff and students in public, private and charter schools in counties over 100,000 population) as amended the same dayEmergency Directive 048	Governor Steve Sisolak	NevadaState	Aug. 4, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source

Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order No. 20-09 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-060)
Governor Laura Kelly, Executive Order No. 20-07 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-057)
Governor Philip D. Murphy, Executive Order No. 149 (2020) (May 30, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-013)
Governor Douglas A. Ducey, Executive Order 2020-41 (June 24, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-019)
Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Executive Order 2020-142 (MI Safe Schools: Michigan's 2020-21 Return to School Roadmap) (June 30, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-052)
Governor Philip D. Murphy, Executive Order No. 155 (2020) (June 18, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-018)
Governor Laura Kelly (KS EO 20-59, July 20, 2020: face coverings in schools); Utah Department of Health (State Public Health Order of July 20, 2020: face coverings in all public and private K-12 schools); Governor Kim Reynolds (Iowa Proclamation of July 17, 2020: at least half of instruction in person), The July 17-20, 2020 fall-opening orders of Kansas, Utah and Iowa (grouped record) (July 20, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-092)
Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 20-82 (Safe Learning Plan for the 2020-21 school year) (July 30, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-021)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order No. 1517 (Aug. 4, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-058)
Governor Philip D. Murphy, Executive Order No. 175 (2020) (Aug. 13, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-014)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2020-969 (all public and private K-12 schools to cease in-person instruction Nov. 23, 2020; elementary schools may reopen Dec. 7 in non-red counties; middle and high schools remote through Jan. 4, 2021) (Nov. 18, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-079)
Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 20-99 (Four Week Dial Back), as extended by EO 20-103 (Dec. 16, 2020) (Nov. 18, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-022)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-36 (May 18, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-029)
Utah Legislature, 2021 First Special Session; Governor Spencer Cox (signed), H.B. 1007, Face Covering Requirements (2021 First Special Session) (May 19, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-031)
Iowa General Assembly (89th G.A.); Governor Kim Reynolds (signed), House File 847 (2021), Division on facial covering policies (counties, cities and schools), new Iowa Code section 280.31 (May 20, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-030)
Oklahoma Legislature (58th Leg.); Governor Kevin Stitt (signed), Senate Bill 658 (2021), enrolled (May 28, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-046)
South Carolina General Assembly (2021-22 Appropriations Act, H. 4100, Proviso 1.108); U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina (Lewis, J.), Proviso 1.108 (no school district may use appropriated funds to require students or staff to wear face masks); upheld by the South Carolina Supreme Court Sept. 2, 2021 (City of Columbia); enforcement enjoined Sept. 28, 2021 (Disability Rights South Carolina v. McMaster) (June 22, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-089)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation Number 131 JBE 2021 (July 21, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-038)
Arkansas General Assembly (93rd G.A.); Governor Asa Hutchinson (signed), Act 1002 of 2021 (SB 590) (Apr. 28, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-045)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-38 (July 29, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-047)
Governor Ron DeSantis, Executive Order 21-175 (July 30, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-040)
Governor Jay Inslee, Proclamation 20-9.4 (July 30, 2021): K-12 schools prohibited from operating outside the Department of Health's K-12 requirements (universal indoor masking, distancing, ventilation, testing and reporting) for 2021-22 (Ex. SEC-15-085)
Governor JB Pritzker, Executive Order 2021-18 (masks in all public and nonpublic P-12 schools), followed by EO 2021-20 (Aug. 26, 2021; statewide indoor masks; school and higher-education vaccination-or-testing) (Aug. 4, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-026)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation Number 137 JBE 2021 (Aug. 2, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-074)
Governor Steve Sisolak, Emergency Directive 048 (Aug. 4, 2021; face coverings for staff and students in public, private and charter schools in counties over 100,000 population) as amended the same day (Ex. SEC-15-083)

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