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Ex. ECO-B-106Ballotpedia, 'School responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during the 2020-2021 academic year'State-by-State chronology of 2020-21 reopening orders, statewide closures (Kentucky Nov. 23, 2020; Michigan Nov. 18, 2020), in-person…Ballotpedia (secondary source; Burbio data)United States (50 States and D.C.)OtherJuly 8, 20212020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Schools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-002School responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during the 2020-2021 academic year (State reopening regimes, mid-year closures, return orders, monthly status)School responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during the 2020-2021 academic yearBallotpediaUnited States (fifty States)OtherJune 30, 20212020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venuesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-126Executive Order of November 18, 2020 (reported as EO 2020-969) requiring all public and private K-12 schools to cease in-person instructionCessation of in-person instruction at all K-12 public and private schools from November 23, 2020; elementary schools in non-red counties may…Governor Andy BeshearKentuckyStateNov. 18, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Schools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-144Twenty-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 casesGovernor John CarneyDelawareStateAug. 25, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MS-052Executive Order 1550EO 1549 extended to April 30, 2021; indoor arenas 75 percent; K-12 indoor extracurricular events 50 percentGovernor Tate ReevesMississippiStateMar. 31, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-067Reentry Guide, Version 3 (January 2021)Requirements for the phased reentry of New Mexico public schools in 2020-21 (remote, hybrid and full reentry by county gating criteria…New Mexico Public Education DepartmentNew Mexico Public Education Department; State levelStateJan. 29, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-049Executive Order No. 20-29Ready Schools, Safe Learners: K-12 Instructional Activities and the Provision of School-Based Services During 2020-2021 Academic Year in the…Governor Kate BrownOregonStateJune 24, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Schools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. GA-058Executive Order 02.15.21.01Providing additional guidance for Empowering a Healthy Georgia in response to COVID-19Governor Brian P. KempGeorgiaStateFeb. 15, 20212021 Q1Stay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. KY-042Executive Order 2021-120State of Emergency: schools encouraged to offer in-person instruction by March 1, 2021; face coverings required of all students, educators…Governor Andy BeshearKentuckyStateFeb. 23, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. MS-051Executive Order 1549Repeal of the Safe Recovery Order and the county face-covering mandate; business rules become recommendations; school face coverings and…Governor Tate ReevesMississippiStateMar. 2, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. NM-077K-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 instrumentsGovernor Michelle Lujan Grisham; Public Education Secretary Ryan StewartNew MexicoStateMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SC-057South Carolina Department of Education Face Covering Guidelines for K-12 Public Schools (last updated Aug. 3, 2020)Face coverings required on school buses and in public school facilities for the 2020-21 school yearSouth Carolina Department of Education (Superintendent Molly M. Spearman)South CarolinaSector regulatorAug. 3, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-15-021Emergency Executive Order 20-82 (Safe Learning Plan for the 2020-21 school year)Implementing a Safe Learning Plan for the 2020-21 School YearGovernor Tim WalzMinnesotaStateJuly 30, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
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. SEC-15-091DOE Emergency Order No. 2020-EO-06 (July 6, 2020): all school boards and charter school governing boards to open brick-and-mortar schools at least five days per week for all students in August 2020, subject to DOH advice; Florida Education Ass'n v. DeSantis (Leon County Cir. Ct. temporary injunction Aug. 24, 2020; stayed by the First District Court of Appeal Aug. 28, 2020)DOE Emergency Order 2020-EO-06Florida Department of Education (Commissioner Richard Corcoran)FloridaSector regulatorJuly 6, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Schools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. SEC-15-092The 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, 2020Governor 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; IowaStateJuly 20, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. UT-035State Public Health Order 2020-28Updated School Face Mask OrderRichard G. Saunders, Executive Director, Utah Department of HealthUtahStateDec. 17, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOtherPrimary source read

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