{"id":"ECO-B-016","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Kansas","state":"KS","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"B","issuer":"Governor Laura Kelly","authority":"K.S.A. 48-924, 48-925 (State of Disaster Emergency proclaimed Mar. 12, 2020)","instrument":"Executive Order No. 20-07","title":"Temporarily closing K-12 schools to slow the spread of COVID-19","dateIssued":"2020-03-17","effective":"March 17, 2020","end":"May 29, 2020 (end of school year)","startDate":"2020-03-17","endDate":"2020-05-29","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["SCH","GATH"],"addressees":["all K-12 school buildings or facilities, public or private","local health departments (superseded where less restrictive)"],"clause":"\u00271. All K-12 school buildings or facilities—whether public or private—used for student instruction are to close and cease in-person instruction until May 29, 2020, except as allowed below.\u0027 \u00272. Any school building or facility operating with a total of fewer than 10 students, instructors, or staff may continue normal operations...\u0027 \u00276. This order supersedes any contrary or less restrictive order by any local health department regarding the operation of schools...\u0027","enforcement":"K.S.A. 48-939 (violation of emergency orders a class A misdemeanor)","functions":["WF (494,347 students\u0027 parents statewide, Ballotpedia/NCES)","SCH"],"notes":"First State to close schools for the remainder of the year by order.","sourceUrl":"https://governor.kansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/EO-20-07-Executed.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200401000000/https://governor.kansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/EO-20-07-Executed.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":867326,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"ECO-B","url":"/library/ECO-B-016","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/ECO-B-016","citation":"Governor Laura Kelly, Executive Order No. 20-07 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-016)","stateName":"Kansas","related":[]}