| Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-045 | Message to HISD parents regarding COVID-19 (Mar. 12, 2020)Closure of all schools and district offices March 13 through March 30, 2020 | Houston ISD (Interim Superintendent Grenita Lathan) | Houston Independent School District, Texas (independent school district)City | Mar. 12, 2020 | | Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-AUS-003 | Stay Home - Work Safe Order No. 20200324-007Stay Home - Work Safe Order (shelter in place; non-essential business must cease; gatherings and travel prohibited) | Mayor Steve Adler | City of Austin, TexasCity | Mar. 24, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-DFW-060 | Fifth Amended Declaration of Public Health Emergency, Stay at Home, Work Safe MeasuresFifth Amended Declaration: Stay at Home, Work Safe (Mar. 24, 2020) | Mayor Betsy Price | City of Fort Worth, TexasCity | Mar. 24, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-AUS-004 | Stay Home - Work Safe Order No. 20200413-009Stay Home - Work Safe Order (extension to May 8, 2020; face coverings) | Mayor Steve Adler | City of Austin, TexasCity | Apr. 13, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantine | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-AUS-028 | Notice of Emergency Rules Adoption: Health Authority Rules of August 14, 2020Health Authority Emergency Rules (supersede the July 14, 2020 rules; face coverings outside the residence; site rules; school provisions) | Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Dr. Mark Escott), with City Manager and City Attorney certification | City of Austin, TexasCity | Aug. 14, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q4 | Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-046 | Message to HISD parents on in-person or virtual instruction selection (Sept. 16, 2020)Virtual instruction for the first six weeks; families required to elect in-person or virtual instruction for the second six weeks beginning… | Houston ISD | Houston Independent School District, TexasCity | Sept. 16, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Context (guidance or announcement)Schools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-AUS-029 | Notice of Rules: Health Authority Rules of December 15, 2020Health Authority Rules of December 15, 2020 (face coverings; site rules; continuing through April 15, 2021) | Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Dr. Mark Escott) | City of Austin, TexasCity | Dec. 15, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-AUS-014 | Order No. 20201223-023 (Stage 5)Stage 5 Order: stay-home urging 10:30 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.; recommended modified operations for restaurants, retail and schools | Mayor Steve Adler | City of Austin, TexasCity | Dec. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q1 | Stay-at-homeCapacity limitSchools and child careCurfew and hoursOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-SAT-057 | Twelfth Addendum to 8th Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19 (adopting NW-19, GA-29, GA-31, GA-32, the CDC eviction order and the CDC conveyance mask order)Twelfth Addendum to 8th Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19 | Mayor Ron Nirenberg | City of San Antonio, TexasCity | Feb. 5, 2021 | 2021 Q1 | Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineAlcohol and barsCourts and public officesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-SAT-060 | Thirteenth Addendum to 8th Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19 (adopting NW-20, GA-34, the CDC eviction order and the CDC conveyance mask order)Thirteenth Addendum to 8th Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19 | Mayor Ron Nirenberg | City of San Antonio, TexasCity | Mar. 9, 2021 | 2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Emergency declarationTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersCourts and public officesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-AUS-048 | Notice of Rules: Health Authority Rules adopted April 13, 2021Health Authority Rules (face coverings outside the residence; fully-vaccinated exceptions; household isolation; site rules; school… | Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Dr. Mark E. Escott), with City Manager Spencer Cronk and City Attorney certification | City of Austin, TexasCity | Apr. 13, 2021 | 2021 Q2 | Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-AUS-019 | Notice of Rules: Health Authority Rules adopted May 18, 2021Health Authority Rules (face coverings indoors at every site and outdoors where more than 2,500 present; site distancing, signage, hygiene… | Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Dr. Mark E. Escott, Interim Medical Director and Health Authority), with City Manager Spencer Cronk and City Attorney certification | City of Austin, TexasCity | May 18, 2021 | 2021 Q2 | Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-AUS-030 | Notice of Rules: Health Authority Rules adopted August 11, 2021Health Authority Rules (face coverings required of students, staff and visitors over two in public schools during Stages 3, 4 and 5… | Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Dr. Desmar Walkes, Health Authority), with City Manager and City Attorney certification | City of Austin, TexasCity | Aug. 11, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-AUS-089 | Austin ISD announcement 'Masks Mandated at Austin ISD' (August 9, 2021)Austin ISD requirement that students, staff and visitors wear face masks on school properties from August 11, 2021 | Austin ISD Superintendent Stephanie S. Elizalde (announced at the Board of Trustees meeting of August 9, 2021; Board President Geronimo Rodriguez quoted) | Austin Independent School District (Travis County, Texas)City | Aug. 9, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-SAT-068 | Fourteenth Addendum to 8th Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19Fourteenth Addendum to 8th Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19 | Mayor Ron Nirenberg | City of San Antonio, TexasCity | Aug. 11, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-047 | Message to the HISD community proposing a mask mandate for students, staff and visitors (Aug. 5, 2021)Mask mandate for students, staff and visitors at all schools, buses and facilities, regardless of vaccination status, effective upon Board… | Superintendent Millard House II (proposal to the Board of Education, adopted Aug. 12, 2021) | Houston Independent School District, TexasCity | Aug. 5, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-AUS-023 | Mask to be Safe at School Order No. 20210811-032Mask to be Safe at School (face coverings required in public schools during Stages 3, 4 and 5) | Mayor Steve Adler | City of Austin, TexasCity | Aug. 11, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-AUS-025 | Mask to be Safe at School Order No. 20210813-034Mask to be Safe at School (face coverings required in public schools, public charter schools and public colleges during Stages 3, 4 and 5… | Mayor Steve Adler | City of Austin, TexasCity | Aug. 13, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-AUS-031 | Notice of Rules: Health Authority Rules adopted August 17, 2021 (amending the rule of August 11, 2021)Health Authority Rules (face coverings in public schools, public charter schools and public colleges during Stages 3, 4 and 5; effective… | Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Dr. Desmar Walkes) | City of Austin, TexasCity | Aug. 17, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-AUS-032 | Notice of Rules: Health Authority Rules effective August 21, 2021 (amending the rule of August 17, 2021)Health Authority Rules (face coverings in public schools, public charter schools and public colleges during Stages 3, 4 and 5; effective… | Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Dr. Desmar Walkes) | City of Austin, TexasCity | Aug. 20, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-048 | Message to the HISD community on virtual instruction (Aug. 19, 2021)Temporary virtual instruction for quarantined students; virtual academy for immunocompromised students under twelve from August 30, 2021 | Superintendent Millard House II | Houston Independent School District, TexasCity | Aug. 19, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Context (guidance or announcement)Schools and child careQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-049 | Message to the HISD community on the mask mandate and the Travis County injunction (Sept. 27, 2021)Mask mandate continues under a temporary injunction authorizing the District to keep requiring masks at all campuses, facilities and buses | Superintendent Millard House II | Houston Independent School District, TexasCity | Sept. 27, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |