{"id":"NJ-032","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Philip D. Murphy","authority":"N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq.; N.J.S.A. 26:13-1 et seq.; N.J.S.A. 18A:7F-9","instrument":"Executive Order No. 175 (2020)","title":"Reopening of schools for in-person instruction for 2020-2021 subject to health and safety standards (six-foot distancing, mandatory face coverings, screening, remote-learning option); districts unable to meet standards may go fully remote; higher education may resume all in-person instruction","dateIssued":"2020-08-13","effective":"2020-08-13 (immediately)","end":"Governed the 2020-2021 school year; school masking and distancing standards continued (EO 241 para. 2; EO 242 para. 9) and were replaced for 2021-2022 by EO 251 (Aug. 9, 2021)","startDate":"2020-08-13","endDate":"2021-08-09","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["SCH","MASK","EMP","OTHER"],"addressees":["all public, private and parochial preschool, elementary and secondary schools","degree-granting institutions of higher education","Department of Education"],"clause":"Para. 2: \u0022All school districts that reopen for full or part-time in-person instruction must meet the following health and safety standards... a. At least six (6) feet of distance between individuals in all settings to the greatest extent practicable... b. Mandatory use of face coverings by staff, students, and visitors... f. Student and staff health screenings\u0022. Para. 3: public school districts \u0022shall resume partial or full-time in-person instruction during the fall of school year 2020-2021.\u0022 Para. 6: districts \u0022shall permit students to engage in full-time remote learning upon the request of a parent or guardian\u0022. Para. 7: \u0022Public school districts that are or become unable to satisfy the health and safety requirements for in-person instruction... may provide full-time remote instruction to all students pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:7F-9.\u0022 Para. 13: \u0022degree-granting institutions of higher education may resume all in-person instruction not previously permitted in Executive Order No. 155 (2020).\u0022","enforcement":"Department of Education certification and plan review (paras. 4-5, 8-9); para. 19: no municipal or county conflicting orders","functions":["IN in-person instruction conditioned on distancing and masks; hybrid schedules","RL remote learning mandated on request; district-wide remote where standards could not be met","WF workforce of every employer (children on hybrid or remote schedules through 2020-2021)","TR school transportation under masking and distancing"],"notes":"The workforce instrument of 2020-2021: hybrid and remote schooling under State standards kept parents home for the school year in districts across the State.","sourceUrl":"https://nj.gov/infobank/eo/056murphy/pdf/EO-175.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":128274,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NJ","url":"/library/NJ-032","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NJ-032","citation":"Governor Philip D. Murphy, Executive Order No. 175 (2020) (Aug. 13, 2020) (Ex. NJ-032)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["SEC-27-003","NJ-031","NJ-033","NJ-034","NJ-030","NJ-029","NJ-028","NJ-027","NJ-026","NJ-025","NJ-024","NJ-035"]}