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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. ECO-B-050	Education 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)Other	Mar. 6, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. CA-004	Executive Order N-26-20Executive Order N-26-20 (school closures: continued funding and distance learning)	Governor Gavin Newsom	CaliforniaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Schools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MI-002	Executive Order 2020-5Temporary prohibition on large assemblages and events, temporary school closures	Governor Gretchen Whitmer	MichiganState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
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. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-062	UIL COVID-19 Information: suspension of all UIL sanctioned contests (March 13-19, 2020) and cancellation of spring activities (April 17, 2020)Suspension and then cancellation of all UIL athletic and academic contests for spring 2020 following GA-08 and GA-16	University Interscholastic League (Executive Director Charles Breithaupt)	University Interscholastic League (a part of The University of Texas at Austin, Tex. Educ. Code s. 33.083); State levelState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capSchools and child careEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-NYC-049	Mayor's press release No. 151-20, 'New York City to Close All School Buildings and Transition to Remote Learning' (Mar. 15, 2020)Closure of all New York City public school buildings effective March 16, 2020; remote learning from March 23, 2020	Mayor Bill de Blasio (announcement); New York City Department of Education (implementation)	New York City (Department of Education)City	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-RIV-059	Orders of the Health Officer of March 13 and March 17, 2020 closing all schools, colleges and universities (initially through April 3, then April 30, 2020)School closure orders of March 13 and 17, 2020	Riverside County Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser	Riverside County, CaliforniaCounty	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	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. NV-001A	Declaration of Emergency Directive 001Closure of all schools	Governor Steve Sisolak	NevadaState	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. PA-119	Statewide closure of all K-12 schools announced Mar. 13, 2020 (effective Mar. 16 for ten business days), extended Mar. 23 and Mar. 30, 2020, and made permanent for the 2019-2020 school year Apr. 9, 2020Statewide K-12 school closure (Mar. 13 - end of the 2019-2020 school year)	Governor Tom Wolf	PennsylvaniaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-037	State Board of Education order of March 16, 2020 (emergency meeting) closing all accredited public schools March 17 through April 6, 2020Statewide closure of accredited public schools from March 17 to April 6, 2020 (extracurricular activities included)	Oklahoma State Board of Education	Oklahoma State Board of Education; State levelState	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-056	Joint Statement on pay and work during the statewide school closure (March 17, 2020; updated March 27, 2020)Joint statement that school employees continue to be paid during the closure and that work during Act of God and Remote Learning Days is by…	Office of Governor JB Pritzker, Illinois State Board of Education, Illinois Education Association, Illinois Federation of Teachers, Illinois Association of School Administrators, Illinois Principals Association	Illinois State Board of Education with the Office of the Governor and the statewide education associations; State levelState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child careOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-054	Division of Professional Regulation Variances (Mar. 20, 2020; 13 pages): renewal extension, CE extension, live-attendance waiver, massage-school and cosmetology-school online instructionDPR Variances (Mar. 20, 2020)	IDFPR Division of Professional Regulation	Illinois; IDFPR Division of Professional RegulationSector regulator	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Schools and child careOther	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. SEC-27-006	UNC System Updates Guidance to Constituent Institutions (Mar. 17, 2020)Systemwide move to remote instruction for the remainder of the spring 2020 semester; reduced campus operations; students directed not to…	UNC System Interim President William L. Roper	North Carolina (UNC System; sixteen constituent institutions)State	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-100	Executive Order 202.4Continuing Temporary Suspension and Modification of Laws Relating to the Disaster Emergency (statewide closure of schools from March 18…	Governor Andrew M. Cuomo	New YorkState	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-055	Executive Order 202.4 (Mar. 16, 2020; all schools closed from Mar. 18 for two weeks), extended by EO 202.11 (Mar. 27), 202.18 (Apr. 16) and the May 1, 2020 direction closing schools for the remainder of the yearExecutive Order 202.4	Governor Andrew M. Cuomo	New YorkState	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. WI-034	Emergency Order #1 (March 13, 2020)Statewide closure of public and private K-12 schools	Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services	WisconsinState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-018	Chancellor's Executive Order 2020-01 (student withdrawal regulations)Suspension of Title 5 withdrawal regulations for students affected by the suspension of in-person instruction (excused withdrawals) during…	Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley	California Community Colleges, Chancellor's Office (Board of Governors' emergency delegation); State levelState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Schools and child careOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-063	Executive Order 20-05Closure of all K-12 schools until May 1, 2020	Governor Eric J. Holcomb	IndianaState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. HI-073	Memorandum, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Preparation and ResponseHIDOE memorandum, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Preparation and Response (Mar. 19, 2020)	Hawaii State Department of Education	HawaiiState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Telework mandateSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-093	Executive Order 1460 (Mar. 19, 2020: all public schools closed through Apr. 17, 2020) and Executive Order 1476 (recited as Apr. 22, 2020: all public school buildings closed for the remainder of the 2019-20 academic year)Mississippi school closure orders of 2020 (EO 1460; EO 1476)	Governor Tate Reeves	MississippiState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. WI-036	Emergency Order #6 (March 18, 2020)Child care settings limited to 10 staff and 50 children at a time	Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services	WisconsinState	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Capacity limitSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source

Education Week (secondary source), Education Week, 'Map: Coronavirus and School Closures in 2019-2020' (Mar. 6, 2020; updated Oct. 13, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-050)
Governor Gavin Newsom, Executive Order N-26-20 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. CA-004)
Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Executive Order 2020-5 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MI-002)
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)
University Interscholastic League (Executive Director Charles Breithaupt), UIL COVID-19 Information: suspension of all UIL sanctioned contests (March 13-19, 2020) and cancellation of spring activities (April 17, 2020) (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-062)
Mayor Bill de Blasio (announcement); New York City Department of Education (implementation), Mayor's press release No. 151-20, 'New York City to Close All School Buildings and Transition to Remote Learning' (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-NYC-049)
Riverside County Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser, Orders of the Health Officer of March 13 and March 17, 2020 closing all schools, colleges and universities (initially through April 3, then April 30, 2020) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-RIV-059)
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)
Governor Steve Sisolak, Declaration of Emergency Directive 001 (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. NV-001A)
Governor Tom Wolf, Statewide closure of all K-12 schools announced Mar. 13, 2020 (effective Mar. 16 for ten business days), extended Mar. 23 and Mar. 30, 2020, and made permanent for the 2019-2020 school year Apr. 9, 2020 (Ex. PA-119)
Oklahoma State Board of Education, State Board of Education order of March 16, 2020 (emergency meeting) closing all accredited public schools March 17 through April 6, 2020 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-037)
Office of Governor JB Pritzker, Illinois State Board of Education, Illinois Education Association, Illinois Federation of Teachers, Illinois Association of School Administrators, Illinois Principals Association, Joint Statement on pay and work during the statewide school closure (March 17, 2020; updated March 27, 2020) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-056)
IDFPR Division of Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation Variances (Mar. 20, 2020; 13 pages): renewal extension, CE extension, live-attendance waiver, massage-school and cosmetology-school online instruction (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-054)
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)
UNC System Interim President William L. Roper, UNC System Updates Guidance to Constituent Institutions (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. SEC-27-006)
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Executive Order 202.4 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-100)
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Executive Order 202.4 (Mar. 16, 2020; all schools closed from Mar. 18 for two weeks), extended by EO 202.11 (Mar. 27), 202.18 (Apr. 16) and the May 1, 2020 direction closing schools for the remainder of the year (Ex. SEC-15-055)
Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Emergency Order #1 (March 13, 2020) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. WI-034)
Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley, Chancellor's Executive Order 2020-01 (student withdrawal regulations) (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-018)
Governor Eric J. Holcomb, Executive Order 20-05 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-063)
Hawaii State Department of Education, Memorandum, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Preparation and Response (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. HI-073)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1460 (Mar. 19, 2020: all public schools closed through Apr. 17, 2020) and Executive Order 1476 (recited as Apr. 22, 2020: all public school buildings closed for the remainder of the 2019-20 academic year) (Ex. SEC-15-093)
Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Emergency Order #6 (March 18, 2020) (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. WI-036)

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