{"id":"SEC-27-007","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Georgia (University System of Georgia, Board of Regents; 26 institutions)","state":"GA","metro":"","industry":"27","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"University System of Georgia (Chancellor Steve Wrigley; Board of Regents)","authority":"Ga. Const. art. VIII, sec. IV, para. I; O.C.G.A. sec. 20-3-31; Executive Orders 03.14.20.01 and 03.16.20.01","instrument":"USG Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates: \u0027USG Suspends Instruction to Assess Continuity Plans, Online Instruction\u0027 (Mar. 12, 2020), \u0027USG Moves to Online Instruction for Remainder of Semester\u0027 (Mar. 16, 2020, 4:47 p.m.), \u0027USG Institutions to Develop Creative Alternatives to Commencement Ceremony\u0027 (Mar. 18, 2020), refunds update (Mar. 19, 2020)","title":"Systemwide suspension of instruction, move to online instruction for the remainder of spring 2020, closure of residence halls, cancellation of commencement ceremonies and partial refunds of housing and dining","dateIssued":"2020-03-16","effective":"2020-03-16 (online instruction; residence halls closed); 2020-03-12 (instruction suspended two weeks)","end":"End of the spring 2020 semester; fall 2020 reopened under USG requirements","startDate":"2020-03-16","endDate":"2020-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CLOSE","GATH","SCH","OTHER"],"addressees":["all 26 University System of Georgia institutions","students, faculty and staff"],"clause":"USG Moves to Online Instruction for Remainder of Semester... This action comes following last week\u0027s decision to suspend instruction for two weeks to ensure business and instructional continuity, and to allow further state assessment of COVID-19. Students are not allowed to return to campus until they receive permission from their institution, which will be forthcoming soon. Additionally, residence halls will be closed, with minimal exceptions for students unable to return home, or who cannot find housing elsewhere.... Institutions will remain open, with minimal staff physically on-site, to ensure continuity of certain services.... [Mar. 18] Students will still graduate consistent with academic standards, but the actual ceremonies will not be held as originally scheduled.... [Mar. 19] All 26 University System of Georgia institutions are working as quickly as possible to issue partial refunds to students, especially those required to move out of on-campus housing and those who no longer have access to dining services.","enforcement":"Board of Regents\u0027 governance of the System\u0027s institutions; the closures also fell under EO 03.16.20.01 and 04.01.20.01 (Exs. GA-003, GA-009)","functions":["IN","HS housing closed; dining ended","AD commencement cancelled","AT","OP minimal staff on site","CB refunds"],"notes":"The System\u0027s own contemporaneous publication, captured Mar. 20, 2020; corroborates Ex. GA-009 (post-secondary public schools closed for instruction through the end of the semester) and records the auxiliary-revenue consequence (housing and dining refunds).","sourceUrl":"https://www.usg.edu/coronavirus","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200320143249/https://www.usg.edu/coronavirus/","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":392232,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-27","url":"/library/SEC-27-007","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-27-007","citation":"University System of Georgia (Chancellor Steve Wrigley; Board of Regents), USG Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates: \u0027USG Suspends Instruction to Assess Continuity Plans, Online Instruction\u0027 (Mar. 12, 2020), \u0027USG Moves to Online Instruction for Remainder of Semester\u0027 (Mar. 16, 2020, 4:47 p.m.), \u0027USG Institutions to Develop Creative Alternatives to Commencement Ceremony\u0027 (Mar. 18, 2020), refunds update (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. SEC-27-007)","stateName":"Georgia","related":["GA-009","GA-003"]}