{"id":"WV-044","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"West Virginia","state":"WV","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Jim Justice","authority":"W. Va. Code 15-5-6 and 15-5-1","instrument":"Executive Order 56-20","title":"Schools: in-person pre-K-12 instruction no sooner than September 8, 2020; colleges may resume; live music limited to solo outdoor and drive-in performances","dateIssued":"2020-07-24","effective":"As written, 12:01 a.m. on \u0027the Twenty-fifth day of June\u0027 (a drafting error for July 25, 2020); signed July 24, 2020","end":"School provision superseded by EO 68-20 (Sept. 4); live-music provision amended by EO 74-20 (Oct. 6); framework terminated Apr. 20, 2021","startDate":"2020-07-25","endDate":"2021-04-20","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["SCH","EVT","GATH"],"addressees":["public and private pre-K-12 schools","colleges and universities","venues and performers"],"clause":"\u0027o. Educational institutions. i. Public and private pre-K-12 schools may operate for purposes of facilitating or conducting distance learning, holding or participating in graduation ceremonies or other extracurricular activities, and/or performing other essential functions, provided that such educational institutions may also resume in-person instruction and other operations no sooner than September 8, 2020, provided that social distancing and other safety practices are maintained... ii. Colleges and universities throughout the state may resume in-person instruction and other operations in accordance with any guidelines and/or regulations promulgated by any applicable governing body...\u0027 \u00274. Prohibited activities. Carnivals, fairs, concert and music halls, adult entertainment venues, and other similar businesses shall be closed, and live music performances shall be prohibited, except, however, that (i) one-person live music performances... may be allowed in outdoor or open-air settings so long as a physical barrier separates the performer from any patron-viewer... and (ii) live music performances held as drive-in events may be allowed...\u0027","enforcement":"EO 9-20 paragraph 7","functions":["IN in-person instruction barred until Sept. 8","WF workforce (parents)","PE live performances","CP campus operations"],"notes":"The State\u0027s own K-12 schools had been closed to in-person instruction since March 16, 2020; this order fixed the earliest reopening date.","sourceUrl":"https://governor.wv.gov/Documents/2020%20Executive%20Orders/EO-56-20-July-24-2020.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200728164156/https://governor.wv.gov/Documents/2020%20Executive%20Orders/EO-56-20-July-24-2020.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":265357,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"WV","url":"/library/WV-044","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/WV-044","citation":"Governor Jim Justice, Executive Order 56-20 (July 24, 2020) (Ex. WV-044)","stateName":"West Virginia","related":["WV-042","WV-043","WV-041","WV-045","WV-040","WV-039","WV-046","WV-038","WV-037","WV-036","WV-047","WV-035"]}