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Ex. AZ-023Executive Order 2020-44Protecting Public Health for Students and TeachersGovernor Douglas A. DuceyArizonaStateJune 29, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Schools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. CT-072Adapt, Advance, Achieve: Connecticut's Plan to Learn and Grow Together (issued June 29, 2020; updated Sept. 4, 2020)Adapt, Advance, Achieve: Connecticut's Plan to Learn and Grow TogetherConnecticut State Department of EducationConnecticutSector regulatorSept. 4, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
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. IA-044Senate File 2310 (Return-to-Learn)An Act relating to education, including instructional time, return-to-learn plans, remote learning and school closures during the 2020-2021…Iowa General Assembly (88th G.A.); approved by Governor Reynolds June 29, 2020IowaStateJune 29, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Schools and child carePrimary source read
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. SEC-15-001School responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during the 2019-2020 academic year (State-by-State closure chronology)School responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during the 2019-2020 academic yearBallotpedia (Lucy Burns Institute)United States (fifty States)OtherJune 30, 20202020 Q2Schools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-052Executive Order 2020-142 (MI Safe Schools: Michigan's 2020-21 Return to School Roadmap)Provision of preK-12 education for the 2020-2021 school yearGovernor Gretchen WhitmerMichiganStateJune 30, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-077Second Amended Order the Closure of All K-12 Schools in the State of Ohio (following the Director's Orders of March 14 and March 30, 2020)Director's Order: Second Amended Order the Closure of All K-12 Schools in the State of OhioDirector of Health Amy Acton, M.D., M.P.H., Ohio Department of HealthOhioSector regulatorApr. 29, 20202020 Q2Schools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. DE-027Twenty-Third Modification of the Declaration of a State of EmergencyTwenty-Third Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (Phase 2 temporary business restrictions on taprooms and bar service in…Governor John C. CarneyDelawareStateJune 30, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Business closureCapacity limitSchools and child careAlcohol and barsCourts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. GA-025Executive Order 06.29.20.02Providing additional guidance for Empowering a Healthy Georgia in response to COVID-19Governor Brian P. KempGeorgiaStateJune 29, 20202020 Q3Stay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-MKE-056Order #4, COVID-19 Public Health Plan for the City of Milwaukee (June 26, 2020) (Moving Milwaukee Forward Safely Phase 4)Order #4, COVID-19 Public Health Plan for the City of MilwaukeeCity of Milwaukee, acting through its Commissioner of Health (Jeanette Kowalik, Commissioner)City of Milwaukee, WisconsinCityJune 26, 20202020 Q3Capacity limitGathering capSchools and child careAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. OR-022Executive Order 20-29Ready Schools, Safe Learners: K-12 Instructional Activities in the 2020-21 School YearGovernor Kate Brown (as Superintendent of Public Instruction and under emergency powers)OregonStateJune 24, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-15-018Executive 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. MurphyNew JerseyStateJune 18, 20202020 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-27-003Restart Standards for All New Jersey Institutions of Higher EducationMandatory health and safety standards for the resumption of in-person instruction and campus operations at every degree-granting institutionSecretary of Higher Education (Office of the Secretary of Higher Education), under Executive Order No. 155 para. 2New JerseyStateJune 18, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. WY-020Seventh Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #1Seventh Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order Regarding Bars, Restaurants, Theaters, Gymnasiums, Child Care…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristWyomingStateJune 29, 20202020 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AL-024Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Applicable Statewide), Amended June 30, 2020 (Safer at Home)Extension of the Safer at Home Order to July 31, 2020; hospital and long-term care visitation 'limited' from July 3, 2020State Health Officer Scott HarrisAlabamaStateJune 30, 20202020 Q3Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-072SEVP modifies temporary exemptions for nonimmigrant students taking online courses during fall 2020 semester (July 6, 2020)SEVP modifies temporary exemptions for nonimmigrant students taking online courses during fall 2020 semesterSEVP (ICE)United States Department of Homeland Security, ICE, SEVP (federal agency)FederalJuly 6, 20202020 Q3Travel and quarantineSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. AGY-TRIBAL-065Memorandum, Operations of Tribal Government Offices (July 3, 2020)Memorandum to Tribal Department and Program Directors, Administrative Office Supervisors and Tribal Government Employees, Re: Operations of…Tribal Chief Cyrus Ben, Mississippi Band of Choctaw IndiansMississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (Mississippi) - tribal governmentTribalJuly 3, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Business closureTelework mandateSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. FL-073DOE Order No. 2020-EO-06Emergency Order (reopening brick-and-mortar schools five days per week in August 2020)Commissioner of Education Richard CorcoranFloridaSector regulatorJuly 6, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Schools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NE-016Directed Health Measure Order 2020-LLHD-005Directed Health Measure Order 2020-LLHD-005 (Phase III, Lancaster County)Nebraska DHHS, Chief Medical OfficerNebraska (Lancaster County)StateJuly 2, 20202020 Q3Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineSchools and child careEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-15-090TEA Public Health Planning Guidance for the 2020-21 school year (July 7, 2020; on-campus instruction with masks required; parental choice of remote; attendance-funding flexibility of July 14-17, 2020 for up to eight weeks of remote instruction), and the Aug. 5 and Aug. 19, 2021 public health guidance (mask provision not enforced during the GA-38 litigation)TEA SY 2020-21 Public Health Planning Guidance and 2021-22 updatesTexas Education Agency (Commissioner Mike Morath)TexasSector regulatorJuly 7, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-005Idaho 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 letterIdaho State Board of Education, with the Office of the Governor and the State Department of Education; State levelStateJuly 9, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Context (guidance or announcement)Schools and child careWorkplace rulesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-006Board 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 levelStateJuly 9, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Schools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-IND-020Public Health Order 20-2020Public Health Order 20-2020 - countywide mask mandate; general reopening regime (restaurants 75%, food courts 75%, malls and retail 100%…MCPHD, Virginia A. Caine, M.D.Marion County, IndianaCountyJuly 9, 20202020 Q3Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesPrimary source read