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Ex. TX-002Suspension of Texas Open Meetings Act provisions (Gov't Code ch. 551)Governor Abbott Allows Virtual And Telephonic Open Meetings To Maintain Government TransparencyGovernor Greg Abbott (at the request of the Office of the Attorney General)TexasStateMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Telework mandateCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-035Board of Pardons and Paroles Temporary Order of May 4, 2020Telework for selected employees; in-person unit interviews suspended (video or telephone); in-person office interviews of offender families…Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles (David Gutierrez, Presiding Officer)Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles; State levelStateMay 4, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-066Emergency Rule, 26 Tex. Admin. Code § 745.10003, Emergency Rule with Ongoing Requirements for Certain Day Care Operations in Response to COVID-19 (HHSC-20-0047)Emergency Rule with Ongoing Requirements for Certain Day Care Operations in Response to COVID-19 (26 TAC § 745.10003)Texas HHSC, Executive Commissioner (on the request of the Associate Commissioner for Child Care Regulation, June 25, 2020)Texas; Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care RegulationSector regulatorJune 25, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Schools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationOtherPrimary source read
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. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-010SY 20-21 Public Health Planning Guidance (version of July 28, 2020; first issued July 7, 2020)Public health planning requirements for the 2020-21 school year: posted mitigation plans, staff self-screening, exclusion of symptomatic and…Texas Education Agency, Commissioner Mike MorathTexas Education Agency (Commissioner of Education); State levelStateJuly 28, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. TX-052SY 20-21 Public Health Planning Guidance (version of July 28, 2020; first issued July 7, 2020)SY 20-21 Public Health Planning GuidanceTexas Education Agency (TEA)TexasSector regulatorJuly 28, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-024Supplemental Order of County Judge Clay Jenkins on Continuing Requirements after Expiration of Stay Home, Stay SafeSupplemental Order on Continuing Requirements (Aug. 4, 2020)Dallas County Judge Clay JenkinsDallas County, TexasCountyAug. 4, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Schools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationSupply chainOtherPrimary source read
Ex. TX-025Executive Order GA-32Relating to the continued response to the COVID-19 disaster as Texas reopensGovernor Greg AbbottTexasStateOct. 7, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Business closureCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-046Message 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 ISDHouston Independent School District, TexasCitySept. 16, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Context (guidance or announcement)Schools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-054Amended Health Directive Related to School Systems dated December 8, 2020Amended Health Directive Related to School Systems Dated Dec. 8, 2020C. Junda Woo, MD, MPH, Local Health AuthorityBexar County and City of San Antonio (Local Health Authority)CountyDec. 8, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Schools and child careEvents and venuesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-029Notice 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, TexasCityDec. 15, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-AUS-014Order 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 schoolsMayor Steve AdlerCity of Austin, TexasCityDec. 23, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Stay-at-homeCapacity limitSchools and child careCurfew and hoursOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-046County Judge Order 2020-23: Relating to Stage 5 COVID-19 Community RestrictionsStage 5 COVID-19 Community Restrictions (stay-home urging 10:30 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.; recommended modified operations for restaurants, retail…Travis County Judge Andy BrownTravis County, Texas (all cities and municipalities within the county listed in Exhibit A)CountyDec. 23, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Stay-at-homeCapacity limitSchools and child careCurfew and hoursOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-056Fourth Amended Health Directive Related to School SystemsFourth Amended Health Directive Related to School Systems Dated Feb. 2, 2021C. Junda Woo, MD, MPH, Bexar County Health AuthorityBexar County and City of San Antonio (Local Health Authority)CountyFeb. 2, 20212021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Schools and child careEvents and venuesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-C-068Misc. Docket No. 21-9026, Thirty-Sixth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterThirty-Sixth Emergency Order (remote participation on request; in-person proceedings under local minimum standard health protocols; jury…Supreme Court of TexasTexasCourtMar. 5, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Telework mandateCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. TX-029Executive Order GA-34Relating to the opening of Texas in response to the COVID-19 disasterGovernor Greg AbbottTexasStateMar. 2, 20212021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersOtherPrimary source read

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