{"id":"MET-PHL-088","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Board of Health)","state":"PA","metro":"PHL","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Montgomery County Board of Health (Chair Michael Laign), unanimous vote of Nov. 13, 2020","authority":"Disease Prevention and Control Law of 1955; Montgomery County Health Code","instrument":"Board of Health order requiring all public and private K-12 schools in Montgomery County to provide virtual-only instruction and suspending extracurricular activities and sports","title":"Montgomery County Board of Health order: all K-12 schools virtual, Nov. 23 - Dec. 6, 2020","dateIssued":"2020-11-13","effective":"2020-11-23","end":"2020-12-06 (in-person instruction could resume Dec. 7, 2020)","startDate":"2020-11-23","endDate":"2020-12-06","quarters":["2020Q4"],"types":["SCH","GATH"],"addressees":["all public and private K-12 schools in Montgomery County"],"clause":"Not read; press quoting the order: \u0027The implementation of virtual schools during the period of peak contagion is designed to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and is essential to ensure the protection of children, teachers, school staff and others who are impacted, as well as those in the general community.\u0027","enforcement":"Board of Health order under the Disease Prevention and Control Law; a parents\u0027 motion for an injunction was refused in the Court of Common Pleas (press)","functions":["WF school-day child care removed for every employee with school-age children in the county","IN in-person instruction (private schools) suspended","AC athletics and activities cancelled"],"notes":"The only mandatory county health order closing a sector located in the four suburban counties; reached private schools directly","sourceUrl":"https://whyy.org/articles/montgomery-county-votes-for-all-schools-to-go-virtual-as-covid-19-rises/","snapshot":"","fileExists":false,"fileBytes":0,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-PHL","url":"/library/MET-PHL-088","exhibitUrl":null,"citation":"Montgomery County Board of Health (Chair Michael Laign), unanimous vote of Nov. 13, 2020, Board of Health order requiring all public and private K-12 schools in Montgomery County to provide virtual-only instruction and suspending extracurricular activities and sports (Nov. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-088)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":[]}