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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. MET-HOU-044	Release: Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Declare Public Health Emergency Due to COVID-19Mayor's proclamation of a Local State of Disaster Due to a Public Health Emergency; Rodeo closed; City events cancelled	Mayor Sylvester Turner (Office of the Mayor release)	City of Houston, TexasCity	Mar. 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SAC-053	City release of Mar. 12, 2020 announcing the emergency measures adopted at the Mar. 13, 2020 special meeting (local emergency declaration, Resolution 2020-0075; cancellation of special-event permits over 250 persons; eviction prohibition; small business loans)Sacramento City leaders announce emergency measures to help residents and businesses affected by COVID-19	City of Sacramento (Mayor Darrell Steinberg and City Council; Director of Emergency Services)	City of Sacramento, CaliforniaCity	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationEvents and venuesOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PDX-026	City Emergency Orders index (Declaration of Civil Emergency; Emergency Orders 2020-02 to 2020-17), as captured in 2021City Emergency Orders (City's COVID-19 response updates)	City of Vancouver (City Manager's Office), listing Emergency Orders 2020-02 through 2020-17 and the Declaration of Civil Emergency	City of Vancouver, Washington (Clark County)City	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateEvents and venuesCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SDF-045	JCPS school closure and remote-instruction decisions, 2020-21Closure of all JCPS schools from March 16, 2020 (announced March 12, 2020, initially through April 5, then April 20, then the school year)…	Jefferson County Board of Education / Superintendent Marty Pollio	Jefferson County, Kentucky (Jefferson County Public Schools)County	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Schools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SDF-047	FCPS school closure and remote-instruction decisions, 2020-21Closure announced March 12, 2020; remote instruction for the remainder of 2019-20 and the fall of 2020; staggered return to classrooms by…	Fayette County Board of Education / Superintendent	Fayette County, Kentucky (Fayette County Public Schools)County	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Schools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NM-077	K-12 public school closure (Mar. 13, 2020, effective Mar. 16 through Apr. 3; extended Mar. 27, 2020 through the end of the 2019-20 school year) and PED 'Reentry Guidance' (June 20, 2020) and 'COVID-19 Response Toolkit for New Mexico's Public Schools' (2021-22)School closure orders and PED reentry instruments	Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham; Public Education Secretary Ryan Stewart	New MexicoState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-HOU-045	Release: City Extends Emergency Disaster Declaration; Mayor Turner Cancels City Events Through AprilCity Council indefinitely extends the proclamation of local disaster (15-1); City events cancelled through April	Houston City Council and Mayor (Office of the Mayor release)	City of Houston, TexasCity	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-042	Proclamation 20-12 (Higher Education) and its amendments 20-12.1 through 20-12.5 (including 20-12.4 of July 12, 2021)COVID-19 Higher Education	Governor Jay Inslee	WashingtonState	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Business closureSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-001	Board Report 20-0325-RS1, Resolution Authorizing Expenditures and Actions in Response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)Resolution Authorizing Expenditures and Actions in Response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (adopted as amended)	Board of Education of the City of Chicago	Board of Education of the City of Chicago (Chicago Public Schools), Illinois (local school district)City	Mar. 25, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationSchools and child careOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. CA-013	Executive Order N-45-20Executive Order N-45-20 (child care for essential workers; CDSS and CDE flexibilities)	Governor Gavin Newsom	CaliforniaState	Apr. 4, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Schools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NV-017	Declaration of Emergency Directive 021 (Phase Two Reopening Plan), May 28, 2020, ss. 3, 12, 13, 15, 39, extended for the duration of the emergency by Directive 029 s. 4 (Ex. NV-024)Phase Two: gatherings of fifty, worship at fifty, venues and gyms at 50 percent, live events closed to the public, telework, employer…	Governor Steve Sisolak	NevadaState	May 28, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-070	Preliminary Guidance for Phased Reopening of Pre-K to 12 Schools (June 3, 2020) requiring a board-approved Health and Safety Plan before any school entity reopensRequirement that every school entity adopt and post a Health and Safety Plan approved by its governing body, consistent with the Secretary…	Pennsylvania Department of Education (Secretary Pedro A. Rivera; Acting Secretary Noe Ortega)	Pennsylvania Department of Education (Secretary of Education); State levelState	June 3, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Schools and child careWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-003	Board Report 20-0624-RS1, Amend Board Report 20-0325-RS1 Resolution Authorizing Expenditures and Actions in Response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)Amendment of the COVID-19 emergency resolution (June 24, 2020)	Board of Education of the City of Chicago	Board of Education of the City of Chicago, IllinoisCity	June 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationSchools and child careOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-27-002	Interim Guidance for Higher Education During the COVID-19 Public Health EmergencyMandatory reopening plan and operating requirements for every higher education institution in a Phase Four region (capacity, testing…	New York State Department of Health (New York Forward)	New YorkState	June 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-27-003	Restart 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 institution	Secretary of Higher Education (Office of the Secretary of Higher Education), under Executive Order No. 155 para. 2	New JerseyState	June 18, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-090	TEA 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 updates	Texas Education Agency (Commissioner Mike Morath)	TexasSector regulator	July 7, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. LA-072	BESE emergency rule of July 14, 2020 - Minimum Health and Safety Standards for the Reopening of Louisiana Schools (2020-2021), as described in BESE's releaseBESE adopts minimum health and safety standards for the reopening of Louisiana schools	Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE)	LouisianaSector regulator	July 14, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
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. 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. 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. ECO-B-118	Director'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 schools	Ohio Department of Health (Director Lance Himes, interim)	OhioState	Aug. 13, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-LAS-041	WCSD 2020-21 reopening plan: elementary full-time in person; middle and high school hybrid; full-time distance option; masks and distancing per the Governor's directivesFor some Washoe County teachers, new school year brings more worry than excitement	Washoe County School District Board of Trustees (July 2020, after a nearly ten-hour meeting)	Washoe County School District (Washoe County, Nevada)County	Aug. 5, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-LAS-040	Board approval of full-time distance education to start the 2020-21 school yearClark County trustees approve distance education to start the school year	Clark County School District Board of Trustees (unanimous vote, Tuesday July 21, 2020)	Clark County School District (Clark County, Nevada)County	July 21, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Schools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-144	Twenty-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 cases	Governor John Carney	DelawareState	Aug. 25, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MA-029	COVID-19 Order No. 49Order Authorizing Certain Program Adjustments to Support Families with Students Engaged in Remote Learning	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Aug. 28, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Schools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source

Mayor Sylvester Turner (Office of the Mayor release), Release: Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Declare Public Health Emergency Due to COVID-19 (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. MET-HOU-044)
City of Sacramento (Mayor Darrell Steinberg and City Council; Director of Emergency Services), City release of Mar. 12, 2020 announcing the emergency measures adopted at the Mar. 13, 2020 special meeting (local emergency declaration, Resolution 2020-0075; cancellation of special-event permits over 250 persons; eviction prohibition; small business loans) (Ex. MET-SAC-053)
City of Vancouver (City Manager's Office), listing Emergency Orders 2020-02 through 2020-17 and the Declaration of Civil Emergency, City Emergency Orders index (Declaration of Civil Emergency; Emergency Orders 2020-02 to 2020-17), as captured in 2021 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-026)
Jefferson County Board of Education / Superintendent Marty Pollio, JCPS school closure and remote-instruction decisions, 2020-21 (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. MET-SDF-045)
Fayette County Board of Education / Superintendent, FCPS school closure and remote-instruction decisions, 2020-21 (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. MET-SDF-047)
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham; Public Education Secretary Ryan Stewart, K-12 public school closure (Mar. 13, 2020, effective Mar. 16 through Apr. 3; extended Mar. 27, 2020 through the end of the 2019-20 school year) and PED 'Reentry Guidance' (June 20, 2020) and 'COVID-19 Response Toolkit for New Mexico's Public Schools' (2021-22) (Ex. NM-077)
Houston City Council and Mayor (Office of the Mayor release), Release: City Extends Emergency Disaster Declaration; Mayor Turner Cancels City Events Through April (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-HOU-045)
Governor Jay Inslee, Proclamation 20-12 (Higher Education) and its amendments 20-12.1 through 20-12.5 (including 20-12.4 of July 12, 2021) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-042)
Board of Education of the City of Chicago, Board Report 20-0325-RS1, Resolution Authorizing Expenditures and Actions in Response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-001)
Governor Gavin Newsom, Executive Order N-45-20 (Apr. 4, 2020) (Ex. CA-013)
Governor Steve Sisolak, Declaration of Emergency Directive 021 (Phase Two Reopening Plan), May 28, 2020, ss. 3, 12, 13, 15, 39, extended for the duration of the emergency by Directive 029 s. 4 (Ex. NV-024) (Ex. NV-017)
Pennsylvania Department of Education (Secretary Pedro A. Rivera; Acting Secretary Noe Ortega), Preliminary Guidance for Phased Reopening of Pre-K to 12 Schools (June 3, 2020) requiring a board-approved Health and Safety Plan before any school entity reopens (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-070)
Board of Education of the City of Chicago, Board Report 20-0624-RS1, Amend Board Report 20-0325-RS1 Resolution Authorizing Expenditures and Actions in Response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (June 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-003)
New York State Department of Health (New York Forward), Interim Guidance for Higher Education During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (June 26, 2020) (Ex. SEC-27-002)
Secretary of Higher Education (Office of the Secretary of Higher Education), under Executive Order No. 155 para. 2, Restart Standards for All New Jersey Institutions of Higher Education (June 18, 2020) (Ex. SEC-27-003)
Texas Education Agency (Commissioner Mike Morath), TEA 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) (Ex. SEC-15-090)
Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE), BESE emergency rule of July 14, 2020 - Minimum Health and Safety Standards for the Reopening of Louisiana Schools (2020-2021), as described in BESE's release (Ex. LA-072)
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)
University Interscholastic League, 2020-2021 UIL COVID-19 Risk Mitigation Guidelines (July 21, 2020, as updated) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-063)
Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 20-82 (Safe Learning Plan for the 2020-21 school year) (July 30, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-021)
Ohio Department of Health (Director Lance Himes, interim), Director's Order Requiring the Use of Facial Coverings in Child Education Settings (K-12) (Aug. 13, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-118)
Washoe County School District Board of Trustees (July 2020, after a nearly ten-hour meeting), WCSD 2020-21 reopening plan: elementary full-time in person; middle and high school hybrid; full-time distance option; masks and distancing per the Governor's directives (Aug. 5, 2020) (Ex. MET-LAS-041)
Clark County School District Board of Trustees (unanimous vote, Tuesday July 21, 2020), Board approval of full-time distance education to start the 2020-21 school year (July 21, 2020) (Ex. MET-LAS-040)
Governor John Carney, Twenty-Fifth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (Aug. 25, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-144)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 49 (Aug. 28, 2020) (Ex. MA-029)

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