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Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-024Temporary Waiver of Regulations that Prohibit or Limit Online, Electronic, or Distance Theoretical Instruction (effective Mar. 13, 2020; amended May 27, 2020)Temporary Waiver of Regulations that Prohibit or Limit Online, Electronic, or Distance Theoretical InstructionDPOR Director Mary Broz-VaughanVirginia; DPOR (all regulatory boards, including the Board for Barbers and Cosmetology)Sector regulatorMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Schools and child careOtherPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-034Executive Order Number Fifty-Three (2020)Temporary Restrictions on Restaurants, Recreational, Entertainment, Gatherings, Non-Essential Retail Businesses, and Closure of K-12 Schools…Governor Ralph S. NorthamVirginiaStateMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. SEC-07-015Executive Order 53 (2020)Temporary Restrictions on Restaurants, Recreational, Entertainment, Gatherings, Non-Essential Retail Businesses, and Closure of K-12 Schools…Governor Ralph S. NorthamVirginiaStateMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Business closureCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-056Executive Order 53Temporary Restrictions on Restaurants, Recreational, Entertainment, Gatherings, Non-Essential Retail Businesses, and Closure of K-12 Schools…Governor Ralph S. NorthamVirginiaStateMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. SEC-16-094Executive Order 53Temporary Restrictions Due to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) (gatherings of more than 10 prohibited; closures)Governor Ralph S. NorthamVirginiaStateMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Business closureTelework mandateGathering capSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. VA-004Executive Order 53 (2020)Temporary Restrictions on Restaurants, Recreational, Entertainment, Gatherings, Non-Essential Retail Businesses, and Closure of K-12 Schools…Governor Ralph S. NorthamVirginiaStateMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. VA-006Executive Order 55 (2020)Temporary Stay at Home Order Due to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)Governor Ralph S. NorthamVirginiaStateMar. 30, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. VA-007Amended Executive Order 53 (2020)Extension of Temporary Restrictions Due To Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)Governor Ralph S. NorthamVirginiaStateApr. 15, 20202020 Q2Business closureCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. VA-009Second Amended Executive Order 53 (2020)Further Extension of Temporary Restrictions on Restaurants, Recreational, Entertainment, Gatherings, Non-Essential Retail Businesses, and…Governor Ralph S. NorthamVirginiaStateMay 4, 20202020 Q2Business closureCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-050Message from the Superintendent, 'FCPS Will Begin School Year September 8 Virtually' (School Board action of July 21, 2020; posted July 22, 2020)2020-21 school year to begin September 8, 2020 with virtual learning for all studentsFairfax County School Board and Superintendent Scott BrabrandFairfax County Public Schools, Virginia (county school division)CountyJuly 22, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Context (guidance or announcement)Schools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-051Message from the Superintendent, 'FCPS Delays Additional Students Returning to School' (Nov. 16, 2020)Pause of Group 5 (Early Head Start, pre-K, kindergarten and select special-education students) return; Group 5 remains virtual until at…Superintendent Scott BrabrandFairfax County Public Schools, VirginiaCountyNov. 16, 20202020 Q4Context (guidance or announcement)Schools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. VA-017Executive Order 79 and Order of Public Health Emergency Ten (Register text)Ending of Commonsense Public Health Restrictions Due to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)Governor Ralph S. Northam and State Health Commissioner M. Norman OliverVirginiaStateMay 14, 20212021 Q2Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. VA-029Executive Order 79 and Order of Public Health Emergency Ten (Governor's PDF)Ending of Commonsense Public Health Restrictions Due to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)Governor Ralph S. Northam and State Health Commissioner M. Norman OliverVirginiaStateMay 14, 20212021 Q2Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. VA-043Chapter 456, 2021 Special Session I (SB 1303)An Act to require each school board to offer in-person instruction to students enrolled in the local school divisionGeneral Assembly of Virginia (2021 Special Session I), approved by Governor NorthamVirginiaStateMar. 30, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-029State Health Commissioner Order of Public Health Emergency, Statewide Requirement To Wear Masks In K-12 Schools (Order of Public Health Emergency Ten)Statewide requirement that all individuals aged two and older wear masks when indoors at public and private K-12 schoolsM. Norman Oliver, M.D., M.A., State Health CommissionerVirginia State Health Commissioner (acting for the State Board of Health); State level; addressed to all public and private K-12 schoolsStateAug. 12, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-156Public Health Emergency Order requiring masks indoors in K-12 schools (Aug. 12, 2021)Virginia K-12 school mask requirement (Aug. 12, 2021; shifted to a ban Mar. 1, 2022)State Health Commissioner M. Norman Oliver, M.D. (Public Health Emergency Order, Aug. 12, 2021)VirginiaStateAug. 12, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. VA-044VDH Frequently Asked Questions: State Health Commissioner Order of Public Health Emergency, Statewide Requirement To Wear Masks In K-12 Schools, issued August 12, 2021 (updated Aug. 17, 2021)Frequently Asked Questions - State Health Commissioner Order of Public Health Emergency - Statewide Requirement To Wear Masks In K-12…Virginia Department of HealthVirginiaSector regulatorAug. 17, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-053'FCPS to Require Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination for Athletic Participation' (Aug. 30, 2021)Proof of full vaccination required from November 8, 2021 for student athletes and for other activities requiring a physicalFairfax County Public SchoolsFairfax County Public Schools, VirginiaCountyAug. 30, 2021Schools and child careVaccination or testingPrimary source read

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