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Ex. FED-190The President's Coronavirus Guidelines for America: 15 Days to Slow the SpreadThe President's Coronavirus Guidelines for America - 15 Days to Slow the SpreadThe President and the White House Coronavirus Task Force (with CDC)United StatesFederalMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Business closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. LA-074Statement from BESE President regarding COVID-19-related guidance for 2021-2022 school yearStatement: LDE 'Ready to Achieve!' guidance of July 8, 2021 is recommendation only; BESE issued no 2021-2022 masking or distancing mandateLouisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (President Sandy Holloway)LouisianaSector regulatorJuly 13, 20212021 Q3Schools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. SEC-27-008Update from Board of Regents President Mike Richards on Coronavirus (Mar. 10, 2020)Board direction that the three Regent institutions move as quickly as possible toward virtual delivery of instruction, with…Board of Regents President Michael RichardsIowa (Board of Regents, State of Iowa; University of Iowa, Iowa State University, University of Northern Iowa)StateMar. 10, 20202020 Q2Business closureTravel and quarantineSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. FED-19130 Days to Slow the Spread (extension of the March 16 guidelines through April 30, 2020)The President's Coronavirus Guidelines for America - 30 Days to Slow the SpreadThe President and the White House Coronavirus Task ForceUnited StatesFederalMar. 31, 20202020 Q2Business closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. AGY-TRIBAL-034Executive Order 20-15Executive Order 20-15 (necessary travel only; gatherings of five prohibited; indoor church services prohibited; governmental offices closed…President Gabe Aguilar, Mescalero Apache TribeMescalero Apache Tribe (New Mexico) - tribal governmentTribalNov. 23, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-014Standing Order No. 1 Concerning COVID-19 Precautionary MeasuresFirst Superior Court standing order: telephonic proceedings favored; notice-and-confer requirements for trials involving possibly infected…Superior Court of the State of Delaware (President Judge Jan R. Jurden)Superior Court of the State of Delaware (statewide trial court of general jurisdiction)CourtMar. 9, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-001Board action of March 23, 2020 approving the COVID-19 School Operations Guidance (press release, 'Board Approves Statewide School Operations Guidance to Deal with Coronavirus')Board Approves Statewide School Operations Guidance to Deal with Coronavirus (soft closure of all classroom facilities through April 20…Idaho State Board of Education (President Debbie Critchfield), with the Governor's K-12 Emergency CouncilIdaho State Board of Education; State level (constitutional board with supervision and control of all public schools)StateMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-006Board action of July 9, 2020 approving the Idaho Back to School Framework (press release, 'Board Approves School Reopening Framework')Board Approves School Reopening Framework (Idaho Back to School Framework 2020)Idaho State Board of Education (President Debbie Critchfield)Idaho State Board of Education; State levelStateJuly 9, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Schools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-066GT USA Wilmington letter to partners, Mar. 19, 2020: from Mar. 20, 2020 every truck driver asked two screening questions at the gate (foreign travel outside the U.S. or Canada in 14 days; fever, illness or congestion); a 'yes' bars entry to the portUpdate on Port Gate Security (truck driver screening questions; entry refused)GT USA Wilmington, LLC (private concessionaire operating the State-owned Port of Wilmington for the Diamond State Port Corporation), Commercial Vice President David J. HarrissDelaware (Port of Wilmington)Sector regulatorMar. 19, 20202020 Q2Context (guidance or announcement)Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolationSupply chainPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-TRIBAL-027Summary of Executive Order 20-06 (and 20-07)Summary of Executive Order 20-06, New COVID-19 RestrictionsPresident Gabe Aguilar, Mescalero Apache Tribe (summary published by the Tribe)Mescalero Apache Tribe (New Mexico) - tribal governmentTribalJune 12, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-TRIBAL-037Executive Order 21-02Executive Order 21-02 (school-sponsored athletic events allowed with temperature checks, 25 percent occupancy and distancing)President Gabe Aguilar, Mescalero Apache TribeMescalero Apache Tribe (New Mexico) - tribal governmentTribalMar. 9, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitSchools and child careEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-TRIBAL-080Local Emergency Declaration COVID-19, Third Directive, July 22, 2020, Curfew to Reduce the Spread of COVID-19Third Directive: Curfew to Reduce the Spread of COVID-19 (8:00 p.m.-5:00 a.m. daily from July 24, 2020; gatherings among non-household…President Martin Harvier with the Community Council, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian CommunitySalt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (Maricopa County, Arizona; adjoining Scottsdale, Tempe and Mesa) - tribal governmentTribalJuly 22, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Gathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursEvents and venuesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-001Families First Coronavirus Response Act, Pub. L. 116-127, 134 Stat. 178 (Mar. 18, 2020), div. E § 5102 (Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act) and div. C (Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act)Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Divisions C and E: Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act; Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act)Congress (116th); signed by the PresidentUnited StatesFederalMar. 18, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Schools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. FED-170Families First Coronavirus Response Act, Pub. L. 116-127, 134 Stat. 178 (Mar. 18, 2020): Division C (Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act, §§ 3101-3106) and Division E (Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act, §§ 5101-5111); Division G (§§ 7001-7005, payroll tax credits); § 6008 (Medicaid FMAP conditions)Families First Coronavirus Response ActCongress (Pub. L. 116-127); approved by the PresidentUnited States (private employers with fewer than 500 employees; public employers)FederalMar. 18, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Schools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-089Austin 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, 2021Austin 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)CityAug. 9, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-090Chester County instruments: COVID-19 disaster emergency declaration (March 2020); intergovernmental agreement to serve Delaware County (approved Mar. 18, 2020; ended July 31, 2021); Health Department school guidance (Aug. 4, 2020) and 2021-22 close-contact, symptomatic and antigen-testing instructions (Aug. 2021); 'Simple Ask: Wear a Mask' campaign (2020); First Amended Declaration of Judicial Emergency of the Court of Common Pleas (2020)Chester County COVID-19 instruments (by category)Chester County Board of Commissioners; Chester County Health Department (Jeanne Casner, Director, 2020; Jeanne Franklin, Public Health Director, 2021); President Judge of the 15th Judicial DistrictChester County, Pennsylvania (Board of Commissioners; Chester County Health Department; Court of Common Pleas, 15th Judicial District)County2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationSchools and child careCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-27-006UNC 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. RoperNorth Carolina (UNC System; sixteen constituent institutions)StateMar. 17, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-070Executive Order GA-08Relating to COVID-19 preparedness and mitigation (social gatherings; bars and restaurants; gyms; nursing home visits; school closures)Governor Greg AbbottTexasStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-043Unemployment Insurance Program Letter No. 16-20, CARES Act of 2020 - Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Program Operating, Financial, and Reporting Instructions (Apr. 5, 2020)Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020 - Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Program Operating, Financial…ETA Assistant Secretary to State Workforce AgenciesUnited States Department of Labor, ETA (federal agency)FederalApr. 5, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Schools and child careQuarantine and isolationOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AR-035ADH Directive of March 19, 2020Directive closing schools through April 17, closing restaurant and bar dine-in service, gyms and indoor entertainment venues, moving State…Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of HealthArkansasStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q2Business closureTelework mandateSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-018Executive Order GA-08Relating to COVID-19 preparedness and mitigationGovernor Greg AbbottTexasStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-019Executive Order GA-16Relating to the safe, strategic reopening of select services as the first step to Open Texas in response to the COVID-19 disasterGovernor Greg AbbottTexasStateApr. 17, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. MET-MSY-069Order 2020-013 (COVID-19 Phase III)24th JDC Phase III from September 14, 2020: masks required; six-foot distancing; jury trials may recommence; galleries limited to 14…Chief Judge Ellen Shirer Kovach24th Judicial District Court, Parish of JeffersonCourtSept. 14, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. MET-NYC-041Order of the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene to Require COVID-19 Vaccination for Department of Education Employees, Contractors, Visitors, and Others (rescinding and restating the September 12, 2021 Order)Proof of vaccination by September 27, 2021 for DOE staff, City employees in DOE settings, DOE and City contractors' staff, charter school…Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene Dave A. Chokshi, M.D.New York CityCitySept. 15, 20212021 Q3Schools and child careWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. MO-005DHSS Director's Order of April 16, 2020Schools closed for the remainder of the 2019-2020 academic year; Stay Home Missouri order extended to May 3, 2020Randall W. Williams, MD, Director, DHSSMissouriStateApr. 16, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersPrimary source read