{"id":"MN-002","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Minnesota","state":"MN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Tim Walz","authority":"Minn. Stat. sec. 12.21, subd. 3(11); Executive Council approval Mar. 16, 2020","instrument":"Emergency Executive Order 20-02","title":"Authorizing and Directing the Commissioner of Education to Temporarily Close Schools to Plan for a Safe Educational Environment","dateIssued":"2020-03-15","effective":"2020-03-18 (Closure Period Mar. 18-27, 2020)","end":"2020-03-27 (followed by the Distance Learning Period of EO 20-19); order rescinded July 1, 2021 with the emergency","startDate":"2020-03-18","endDate":"2020-03-27","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["SCH"],"addressees":["school districts and charter schools","child care providers","State agencies"],"clause":"1. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 2019, section 12.21, subdivision 3(11), I authorize and direct the Commissioner of Education to close all schools to students, except as set forth below, beginning on Wednesday, March 18, 2020 through Friday, March 27, 2020 (\u0027Closure Period\u0027).... 11.... During the Closure Period, and subject to paragraph 12, schools are directed to provide care to, at a minimum, district-enrolled students aged 12 and under who are children of emergency workers.","enforcement":"Directive to the Commissioner of Education and public schools under sec. 12.21, subd. 3(11); tribal and private schools \u0027encouraged\u0027 to comply","functions":["WF workforce (children out of school from Mar. 18)","IN in-person instruction","EC emergency-only school-age care"],"notes":"Wages paid after Mar. 12, 2020 fall in 2020 Q2; the closure began Mar. 18. Paragraphs 13-15 direct State support for child care providers to remain open.","sourceUrl":"https://www.leg.mn.gov/archive/execorders/20-02.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1018702,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MN","url":"/library/MN-002","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MN-002","citation":"Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 20-02 (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MN-002)","stateName":"Minnesota","related":["MN-004","MN-003","MN-001","MN-005","MN-007","MN-006","MN-008","MN-009","MN-012","MN-013","MN-014","MN-017"]}