{"id":"SC-002","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","state":"SC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Henry McMaster","authority":"S.C. Const. art. IV, § 17; S.C. Code §§ 1-3-420, 25-1-440","instrument":"Executive Order No. 2020-09","title":"Closing Public Schools, Cancelling Elections, etc. Due to Coronavirus","dateIssued":"2020-03-15","effective":"2020-03-16 (schools closed for students and non-essential employees)","end":"Closure extended by successive emergency declarations; EO 2020-40 § 2 (June 11, 2020) continued it \u0027for the duration of the State of Emergency\u0027 for the 2019-20 year","startDate":"2020-03-16","endDate":"2020-06-11","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["SCH","GATH","CRT"],"addressees":["all public schools","state-supported colleges, universities and technical colleges","State Election Commission","the public (gatherings)"],"clause":"I hereby direct the closure of all public schools in the State of South Carolina for students and non-essential employees beginning Monday, March 16, 2020, and through Tuesday, March 31, 2020... This Order applies to all students and employees of public schools, to include state-supported colleges, universities, and technical colleges... I hereby direct that any election... scheduled to be held... on or before May 1, 2020, shall be postponed and rescheduled.... I urge that indoor and outdoor public gatherings be cancelled, postponed, or rescheduled, to the extent possible, or limited so as not to exceed one hundred (100) people.","enforcement":"Order \u0027effective immediately\u0027; enforcement under §§ 1-3-430, 1-3-440 and the State of Emergency","functions":["WF workforce (every parent of a public-school child)","IN in-person instruction","CP campus housing and dining","CB families and student customers"],"notes":"Section 4\u0027s 100-person urging expressly did not apply to private businesses; the school closure did.","sourceUrl":"https://governor.sc.gov/sites/default/files/Documents/Executive-Orders/2020-03-15%20FINAL%20Executive%20Order%20No.%202020-09%20-%20Closing%20Public%20Schools%2C%20Cancelling%20Elections%2C%20etc.%20Due%20to%20Coronavirus.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":120691,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SC","url":"/library/SC-002","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SC-002","citation":"Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-09 (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. SC-002)","stateName":"South Carolina","related":["SC-003","SC-001","SC-004","SC-005","SC-006","SC-007","SC-008","SC-009","SC-010","SC-012","SC-011","SC-013"]}