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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. MET-BOS-007	City of Boston announcement of Mar. 15, 2020: public health emergency declared; Boston Public Schools closure from Mar. 17; Licensing Board restrictions on restaurants, bars and clubsPublic health emergency declared, details for BPS, restrictions for restaurants, bars, clubs (boston.gov, March 15, 2020)	Mayor Martin J. Walsh; Licensing Board for the City of Boston; Boston Public Schools	City of Boston, MassachusettsCity	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationCapacity limitSchools and child careCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-127	COVID-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, 2020	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BOS-110	City of Chelsea page 'Closures, Businesses, and Public Gathering Restrictions' (April 2020), including the Chelsea Emergency Order delivered to Market Basket, Compare and other large retailersClosures, Businesses, and Public Gathering Restrictions (chelseama.gov, captured April 17, 2020)	City of Chelsea (City Manager; Board of Health)	City of Chelsea (Suffolk County), MassachusettsCity	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-07-019	COVID-19 Order No. 13Order Assuring Continued Operation of Essential Services in the Commonwealth, Closing Certain Workplaces, and Prohibiting Gatherings of More…	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateGathering cap	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MA-010	COVID-19 Order No. 15Order Extending the Closure of Non-Emergency Child Care Programs (to May 4, 2020)	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Mar. 25, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-128	COVID-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. Baker	MassachusettsState	Apr. 21, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools 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
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-066	Memorandum on the adoption of 603 CMR 27.08 (Board meeting of September 29, 2020, item 4, with tracked text and public comment)Permanent adoption of 603 CMR 27.08 (Health and Safety Standards during a State of Emergency) after its emergency adoption for the 2020-21…	Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley (memorandum to the Board); Board vote of September 29, 2020	Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; State levelState	Sept. 29, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Schools and child careWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BOS-011	City of Boston announcement: Boston to temporarily return to a modified Phase Two, Step Two of the Reopening Massachusetts planMayor Walsh announces Boston to temporarily return to modified Phase Two, Step Two of reopening plan (boston.gov, December 14, 2020)	Mayor Martin J. Walsh (announcing the BPHC order of Dec. 14, 2020)	City of Boston, MassachusettsCity	Dec. 14, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Business closureCapacity limitGathering cap	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BOS-016	City of Boston announcement extending the modified Phase 2 Step 2 restrictions for at least three more weeksModified Phase 2, Step 2 of reopening plan extended in Boston (boston.gov, January 5, 2021)	Mayor Martin J. Walsh (announcing continuation of the BPHC order of Dec. 14, 2020)	City of Boston, MassachusettsCity	Jan. 5, 2021	2021 Q1	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capAlcohol and bars	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MA-041	COVID-19 Order No. 60Order Extending the Provisions of COVID-19 Order No. 59 (to noon January 24, 2021)	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Jan. 7, 2021	2021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering cap	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-047	Memorandum on proposed amendments to 603 CMR 27.08 (Board meeting of March 5, 2021, item 1b, with strikethrough text)Board's March 5, 2021 emergency amendment authorizing the Commissioner to determine when hybrid and remote learning models no longer count…	Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley (memorandum to the Board)	Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; State levelState	Mar. 5, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Schools and child careOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-C-013	COVID-19 Order No. 66Order advancing to Phase IV Step 1 and rescinding the travel order (Order No. 45)	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Mar. 22, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capTravel and quarantine	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BOS-018	City of Boston announcement: modified Phase 4, Step 1 effective March 22, 2021Mayor Walsh announces Boston to move into modified Phase 4, Step 1 of the Massachusetts Reopening Plan (boston.gov, March 19, 2021)	Mayor Martin J. Walsh	City of Boston, MassachusettsCity	Mar. 19, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-048	Minutes of the Board's special meeting of August 24, 2021 (vote authorizing the Commissioner to require face coverings in public schools)Board vote authorizing the Commissioner to require masks for all students age five and older and all staff in public schools through at…	Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (special meeting of August 24, 2021)	Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; State levelState	Aug. 24, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-149	DESE mask requirement for all public school students (age 5+) and staff, August 25, 2021Massachusetts public school mask requirement, 2021-22 (ended Feb. 28, 2022)	Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (Commissioner, under Board vote of Aug. 24, 2021)	MassachusettsState	Aug. 25, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-081	DESE mask requirement for all public K-12 students, staff and visitors for 2021-22 (issued Aug. 25, 2021; extended Sept. 27, Oct. 26, 2021 and Jan. 10, 2022)DESE universal mask requirement (Aug. 25, 2021)	Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Jeffrey C. Riley, under authority voted by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Aug. 24, 2021	MassachusettsSector regulator	Aug. 25, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BOS-130	Two Emergency Orders: (1) Mandating Face Coverings in Public, Private, Parochial and Charter Schools; (2) Requiring Employers to Report Positive Cases in the WorkplaceCity of Worcester Enacts Two Emergency Orders: Mask Mandate in All Public, Private, Parochial and Charter Schools; Order for Employers to…	Medical Director Michael P. Hirsh, M.D., Worcester Division of Public Health (City of Worcester)	City of Worcester (Worcester County), MassachusettsCity	Sept. 3, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-079	Supreme Judicial Court Sixth Updated Order Regarding Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) PandemicSixth Updated Order (spring 2021): phased resumption of jury trials (Phases 1-3) with six-person juries; continued limits on in-person…	Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts	Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (statewide)Court		2021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source

Mayor Martin J. Walsh; Licensing Board for the City of Boston; Boston Public Schools, City of Boston announcement of Mar. 15, 2020: public health emergency declared; Boston Public Schools closure from Mar. 17; Licensing Board restrictions on restaurants, bars and clubs (Ex. MET-BOS-007)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 6 (Mar. 15, 2020), Order Temporarily Closing All Public and Private Elementary and Secondary Schools (Ex. ECO-B-127)
City of Chelsea (City Manager; Board of Health), City of Chelsea page 'Closures, Businesses, and Public Gathering Restrictions' (April 2020), including the Chelsea Emergency Order delivered to Market Basket, Compare and other large retailers (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-110)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 13 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. SEC-07-019)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 15 (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. MA-010)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-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)) (Apr. 21, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-128)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 49 (Aug. 28, 2020) (Ex. MA-029)
Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley (memorandum to the Board); Board vote of September 29, 2020, Memorandum on the adoption of 603 CMR 27.08 (Board meeting of September 29, 2020, item 4, with tracked text and public comment) (Sept. 29, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-066)
Mayor Martin J. Walsh (announcing the BPHC order of Dec. 14, 2020), City of Boston announcement: Boston to temporarily return to a modified Phase Two, Step Two of the Reopening Massachusetts plan (Dec. 14, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-011)
Mayor Martin J. Walsh (announcing continuation of the BPHC order of Dec. 14, 2020), City of Boston announcement extending the modified Phase 2 Step 2 restrictions for at least three more weeks (Jan. 5, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-016)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 60 (Jan. 7, 2021) (Ex. MA-041)
Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley (memorandum to the Board), Memorandum on proposed amendments to 603 CMR 27.08 (Board meeting of March 5, 2021, item 1b, with strikethrough text) (Mar. 5, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-047)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 66 (Mar. 22, 2021) (Ex. ECO-C-013)
Mayor Martin J. Walsh, City of Boston announcement: modified Phase 4, Step 1 effective March 22, 2021 (Mar. 19, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-018)
Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (special meeting of August 24, 2021), Minutes of the Board's special meeting of August 24, 2021 (vote authorizing the Commissioner to require face coverings in public schools) (Aug. 24, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-048)
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (Commissioner, under Board vote of Aug. 24, 2021), DESE mask requirement for all public school students (age 5+) and staff, August 25, 2021 (Aug. 25, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-149)
Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Jeffrey C. Riley, under authority voted by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Aug. 24, 2021, DESE mask requirement for all public K-12 students, staff and visitors for 2021-22 (issued Aug. 25, 2021; extended Sept. 27, Oct. 26, 2021 and Jan. 10, 2022) (Ex. SEC-15-081)
Medical Director Michael P. Hirsh, M.D., Worcester Division of Public Health (City of Worcester), Two Emergency Orders: (1) Mandating Face Coverings in Public, Private, Parochial and Charter Schools; (2) Requiring Employers to Report Positive Cases in the Workplace (Sept. 3, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-130)
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Supreme Judicial Court Sixth Updated Order Regarding Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Pandemic (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-079)

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