| AlabamaAL | Gov. Ivey closed all schools Mar. 18-Apr. 5, 2020 (announced Mar. 13; State Health Officer order Mar. 19); Mar. 26, 2020: closed for the remainder of the year (BP1). | State Health Officer orders of Mar. 19-Apr. 3, 2020 limited child care to small groups and essential workers. | May 21: reopening from June 1 permitted under distancing rules; July 29, 2020: Safer at Home mask mandate extended to students grade 2+ and colleges (in force to Apr. 9, 2021); ALSDE toolkit (guidance) (BP2). | No statewide requirement or prohibition; ADPH guidance July 30, 2021 (BP3). | None. | July 29, 2020 mask order covered colleges (BP2). | Federal layer (CDC conveyance order on school buses); local district and county rules; no State school instrument after Apr. 9, 2021. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; WF; CB | Confirmed from a secondary source |
| AlaskaAK | Gov. Dunleavy ordered public schools closed Mar. 16-30, 2020 (Mar. 13); Mar. 20: extended to May 1; Apr. 9, 2020: remainder of the year (BP1). | | Alaska Smart Start 2020 (June 4, 2020) risk-level framework (guidance); Burbio: about half of schools in person Sept. 10, 2020 (BP2). | No statewide requirement or prohibition (BP3). | None. | | Federal layer only at State level; Anchorage's emergency ordinance came Oct. 2021 (post-period). | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; WF; CB | Confirmed from a secondary source |
| ArizonaAZ | Gov. Ducey and Supt. Hoffman closed all schools Mar. 16-27, 2020 (Mar. 15); Mar. 20: to Apr. 10; Mar. 30, 2020: remainder of the year, codified by HB 2910 (Mar. 27, 2020) (BP1). | Child care remained open. | EO 2020-41 (June 24, 2020; Ex. SEC-15-019): distance-learning plans; in-person start no earlier than Aug. 17, 2020; EO 2020-51 (July 23, 2020): on-site learning for students in need from Aug. 17; ADHS benchmarks (Aug. 6, 2020) gated reopening; Mar. 3, 2021 EO: in-person instruction by Mar. 15, 2021 (BP2). | Prohibition: A.R.S. 15-342.05 (HB 2898, June 30, 2021), effective Sept. 29, 2021; Aug. 16, 2021 grants withheld from districts with mask rules; held unconstitutional Sept. 26/27, 2021 (Maricopa County Superior Court, Cooper, J.), affirmed Nov. 2, 2021 (SEC-15-088; BP3). | | EO 2020-12 (Mar. 23, 2020) listed educational institutions only for distance learning and critical research. | HB 2898 ban (never effective; struck Sept. 27); Governor's Aug. 16 funding order; district mask rules in Phoenix, Tucson and others; CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; WF; CB | Primary source read |
| ArkansasAR | Gov. Hutchinson closed all schools Mar. 17-27, 2020 (Mar. 15); Mar. 19: to Apr. 17; Apr. 6, 2020: remainder of the year (BP1). | | Reopening delayed to Aug. 24, 2020 (July 9); Arkansas Ready for Learning (June 5, 2020): face coverings for staff and students over 10, distancing, staggered meals (BP2). | Prohibition: Act 1002 (Apr. 28, 2021; Ex. SEC-15-045); TRO Aug. 6, 2021 (Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fox, J.); special session adjourned Aug. 6 without amendment; Ark. Sup. Ct. Sept. 30 and Dec. 29, 2021 (BP3). | None. | | Act 1002 (in force July 28-Aug. 6, 2021; enjoined thereafter); district mask rules from Aug. 6; CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; WF; CB | Primary source read |
| CaliforniaCA | EO N-33-20 stay-at-home (Mar. 19, 2020) closed schools (99 percent already closed by local decision); Apr. 1, 2020: physically closed for the remainder of the year (BP1). | | July 17, 2020 framework and CDPH Schools guidance (Ex. SEC-15-053): no in-person instruction in counties on the monitoring list (33 of 58 on July 20); Blueprint (Aug. 28, 2020): no reopening in Purple tier without waiver; Jan. 14, 2021 Safe Schools for All; TRO Mar. 15, 2021 (Freeland, J.) against the framework (BP2). | Requirement: CDPH K-12 guidance July 12, 2021, universal indoor masking (Ex. SEC-15-024; recital in Ex. SEC-15-023); lifted Mar. 12, 2022 (BP3). | State Public Health Officer Order Aug. 11, 2021: all TK-12 public and private school workers verified vaccinated or tested weekly; effective Aug. 12; compliance Oct. 15, 2021 (Ex. SEC-15-023). Oct. 1, 2021 student-mandate announcement never took effect. | CDPH Institutions of Higher Education guidance (Aug. 7, 2020) mandatory under the Blueprint. | CDPH K-12 masking (July 12); Aug. 11 worker order; CDPH child care guidance; Cal/OSHA ETS (readopted June 17, 2021) for school and child care employers; county health officer mask orders (Bay Area Aug. 3; Los Angeles July 17); CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; AD; CP; HR; WF; CB | Primary source read |
| ColoradoCO | EO D 2020 007 (Mar. 18, 2020; Ex. SEC-15-076): normal in-person instruction suspended Mar. 23-Apr. 17 at all public and private P-12 schools; D 2020 021 (Apr. 1): to Apr. 30; D 2020 041 (Apr. 22): remainder of the year (BP1). | Remained open; D 2020 007 sec. D directed local public health agencies to work with child care providers. | CDE guidance July 20, 2020; decisions local; Dial framework (PHO 20-36) (BP2). | No statewide requirement or prohibition. | None statewide. | D 2020 017 stay-at-home reached campuses. | State: none; Denver's Sept. 2021 public health order and Tri-County's Sept. 2021 school order (metro DEN); CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; WF; CB | Primary source read |
| ConnecticutCT | EO 7C (Mar. 15, 2020; Ex. SEC-15-032): public school classes cancelled Mar. 17-31; EO 7L (Mar. 20/23): to Apr. 20; EO 7X (Apr. 9): to May 20; EO 7II (May 5, 2020): remainder of the year (BP1). | | Adapt, Advance, Achieve (June 29, 2020): masks required; remote-only required State exemption (July 30); reopened Aug. 31, 2020 (BP2). | Requirement continued: EO 13A (Aug. 5, 2021; Ex. SEC-15-033) and Commissioner rules; General Assembly extension to Feb. 15, 2022; ended Feb. 28, 2022 (BP3). | EO 13D (Aug. 19, 2021; Ex. SEC-15-034): school and child care staff first dose or weekly testing by Sept. 27, 2021. | EO 7C sec. 3 (flexibility for students). | EO 13A masks; EO 13D staff (Sept. 27); DPH school and child-care rules; CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; HR; WF; CB | Primary source read |
| DelawareDE | Gov. Carney closed schools Mar. 16-27, 2020 (Mar. 13); Mar. 23: to May 15; Apr. 24, 2020: remainder of the year (BP1). | Ninth Modification (Apr. 6, 2020): Emergency Child Care Sites for essential personnel only. | Aug. 4, 2020: hybrid reopening in September; 25th Modification (Aug. 25, 2020): masks for students K+ (BP2). | Requirement: Governor's Aug. 10, 2021 state of emergency and DHSS emergency order 16 Del. Admin. Code 4202 sec. 7.7 (Aug. 13, effective Aug. 16, 2021; Ex. SEC-15-067); child care and youth camp orders Aug. 16, 2021 (SEC-15-068); ended Mar. 1, 2022 (BP3). | Sept. 28, 2021 announcement: school staff vaccination or testing effective Nov. 1, 2021 (BP3). | University of Delaware remote (institutional). | 4202 sec. 7.7 (Aug. 16); OCCL child care masks (Aug. 16); Sept. 28 staff order (Nov. 1); CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; CP; HR; WF; CB | Primary source read |
| FloridaFL | DOE closed schools for two weeks from Mar. 16, 2020 (Mar. 13); Mar. 17: to Apr. 14; Mar. 30: to May 1; Apr. 18, 2020: remainder of the year (BP1). | | DOE Emergency Order 2020-EO-06 (July 6, 2020; SEC-15-091): brick-and-mortar five days by Aug. 31; Leon County injunction Aug. 24 stayed by the First DCA Aug. 28, 2020 (BP2). | Prohibition: EO 21-175 (July 30, 2021; SEC-15-040) and DOH Rule 64DER21-12 (Aug. 6, 2021; Ex. SEC-15-044); Leon County Circuit Court Aug. 27 and Sept. 8, 2021; First DCA reinstated Sept. 10; funds withheld Aug. 30 and Oct. 7; S.D. Fla. declined ADA injunction Sept. 15; HB 1B Nov. 18, 2021 (BP3). | None; prohibited by HB 1B (Nov. 18, 2021). | | EO 21-175 and Rule 64DER21-12 (with the Aug. 27-Sept. 10 litigation); district mask rules in Miami-Dade, Broward, Alachua, Leon and others; Rule 64DER21-15 (Sept. 22, 2021); CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; WF; CB | Primary source read |
| GeorgiaGA | EO 03.16.20.01 (Mar. 16, 2020; Ex. SEC-15-039): all public elementary, secondary and post-secondary schools closed Mar. 18-31; EO 03.26.20.02: to Apr. 24; EO 04.01.20.01: remainder of the year (BP1). | | GaDOE guidance July 14, 2020; decisions local (BP2). | No statewide requirement or prohibition in 2021-22 (the parental opt-out law came Mar. 29, 2022) (BP3). | | EO 03.16.20.01 closed post-secondary public schools Mar. 18-31, 2020 (Ex. SEC-15-039). | State: none; district mask rules (Atlanta, DeKalb, Fulton) (metro ATL); CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; CP; WF; CB | Primary source read |
| HawaiiHI | DOE extended spring break through Mar. 27, 2020 (Mar. 16); Mar. 19: to Apr. 6; Mar. 24: to Apr. 30; Apr. 17, 2020: remainder of the year (distance learning) (BP1). | | Public schools began Aug. 17, 2020 with four weeks online; DOH metrics Oct. 19, 2020; private schools under the Governor's proclamations and county tiers (BP2). | Requirement: statewide indoor mask order including schools under the emergency proclamations through Aug. 1, 2022 (BP3). | | | Statewide indoor mask order (schools included); Aug. 5 employee order; Safe Travels; CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; CP; WF; CB | Confirmed from a secondary source |
| IdahoID | State Board of Education ordered schools closed to students Mar. 24-Apr. 20, 2020 (Mar. 23); Apr. 6, 2020: closed for the remainder of the year with local reopening option after Apr. 20 (BP1). | | State Board framework July 9, 2020 (categories; local) (BP2). | No statewide requirement or prohibition (BP3). | None. | | Federal layer; local district rules (Boise); CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; WF; CB | Confirmed from a secondary source |
| IllinoisIL | EO 2020-05 (Mar. 13, 2020; Ex. SEC-15-025): all public and private pre-K-12 schools closed Mar. 17-30; Mar. 20: to Apr. 7; EO 2020-18 (Mar. 31): to Apr. 30; Apr. 17, 2020: remainder of the year (BP1). | | ISBE/IDPH Starting the 2020-21 School Year (June 23, 2020): face coverings required, gatherings capped at 50, screening (mandatory) (BP2); July 9, 2021 ISBE declaration requiring in-person learning for 2021-22 (BP3). | Requirement: EO 2021-18 (Aug. 4, 2021; SEC-15-026), EO 2021-20 (Aug. 26) and EO 2021-22 (Sept. 3; Ex. SEC-15-027); TRO Feb. 4, 2022 (Sangamon County); ended Feb. 28, 2022 (BP3). | EO 2021-20/2021-22: school personnel, higher-education staff and students first dose by Sept. 19, 2021 or weekly testing (Ex. SEC-15-027). | EO 2020-10 (Mar. 20, 2020) permitted educational institutions only for distance learning; EO 2021-20/22 (Aug.-Sept. 2021) vaccination-or-testing for higher education (BP3). | EO 2021-18 (Aug. 4); EO 2021-20 (Aug. 26); EO 2021-22 (Sept. 3): masks and staff/student vaccination-or-testing; Chicago's Aug. 20, 2021 mask order (metro CHI); CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; CP; HR; WF; CB | Primary source read |
| IndianaIN | EO 20-05 (Mar. 19, 2020): all schools closed until May 1; EO 20-16 (Apr. 2, 2020): remainder of the year (BP1). | | Reopening permitted from July 1, 2020; statewide mask order (EO 20-37, July 24, 2020) applied to schools grade 3+; Aug. 3 modification; county-metric orders (EO 20-48 series) (BP2). | No statewide requirement or prohibition; Sept. 1, 2021 EO exempting schools and day cares with consistent mask use from quarantine requirements (BP3). | None. | | Sept. 1, 2021 quarantine-exemption order (conditions masking); IDOH quarantine rules; CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; WF; CB | Confirmed from a secondary source |
| IowaIA | Mar. 15, 2020: Governor recommended four-week closure (districts complied); Apr. 2: ordered closed through Apr. 30; Apr. 17, 2020: remainder of the year (BP1). | | June 25: reopening from July 1 (no mask requirement); Proclamation July 17, 2020: at least 50 percent in person (SEC-15-092); July 30 waiver rules; Jan. 29, 2021 law: full-time in-person option by Feb. 15, 2021 (BP2). | Prohibition: HF 847 (May 20, 2021; Ex. SEC-15-030); enjoined Sept. 13 and Oct. 8, 2021 (S.D. Iowa, Pratt, J.); narrowed Jan. 25, 2022; lifted May 16, 2022 (BP3). | None. | | HF 847 (July 1-Sept. 13, 2021, then enjoined); about 20 districts with mask rules after Sept. 13; CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; WF; CB | Primary source read |
| KansasKS | EO 20-07 (Mar. 17, 2020; Ex. SEC-15-057): all K-12 buildings, public or private, closed to in-person instruction from Mar. 23 until May 29, 2020 (BP1). | | EO 20-58 (July 20, 2020; delay to Sept. 9) negated by the State Board's 5-5 vote July 21/22; EO 20-59 (July 20, 2020): face coverings in schools (SEC-15-092); KSDE color-level guidance Aug. 11; SB 63 (Apr. 5, 2021): full-time in-person (BP2). | No statewide requirement or prohibition (SB 40 of Mar. 2021 gave boards opt-outs) (BP3). | None. | | County and district rules (Johnson, Wyandotte); CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; WF; CB | Primary source read |
| KentuckyKY | Mar. 13, 2020: Governor's directive to close K-12 from Mar. 16 (every district complied); Mar. 20: to Apr. 20; Apr. 2: to May 1; Apr. 20, 2020: remainder of the year (BP1). | CHFS order closed all licensed child care from Mar. 20, 2020 except limited-duration centers for health care workers. | Aug. 10: request to begin remote until Sept. 28; EO 2020-969 (Nov. 18, 2020; SEC-15-079): all public and private K-12 cease in-person Nov. 23; elementary Dec. 7 in non-red counties; middle/high through Jan. 4, 2021; Healthy at School mandatory Jan. 4, 2021; HB 208 (Mar. 4, 2021): two in-person days by Mar. 29 (BP2). | Requirement: EO 2021-585 (Aug. 10, 2021; Ex. SEC-15-080; schools, buses and child care), rescinded Aug. 23 after the Aug. 21 Kentucky Supreme Court decision; KBE emergency regulation continued school masks until SB 1 (Sept. 9, 2021) (BP3). | None. | Institutional. | EO 2021-585 (Aug. 10-23); KBE regulation (Aug. 12-Sept. 9); CHFS child care mask regulation (Aug.-Sept. 2021); Louisville/Lexington rules (metro SDF); CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; WF; CB | Primary source read |
| LouisianaLA | Proclamation 27 JBE 2020 (Mar. 13, 2020): all K-12 closed until Apr. 13; Apr. 2: to Apr. 30; Apr. 13, 2020: remainder of the year (BP1). | | BESE minimum standards (July 14, 2020): face coverings grades 3-12, group sizes by phase; 89 JBE 2020 (July 11, 2020) statewide masks (BP2). | Requirement: 137 JBE 2021 (Aug. 2, 2021; effective Aug. 4; Ex. SEC-15-074) statewide indoor masks including K-12 and colleges; 167 JBE 2021 (Sept. 1; Ex. SEC-15-075) renewal; lifted Oct. 26/27, 2021 except K-12 (opt-out on CDC quarantine compliance); ended Feb. 16, 2022 (BP3). | None (student vaccine requirement Dec. 14, 2021, post-period, withdrawn May 2022). | Covered by 137 JBE 2021's indoor mask mandate (Ex. SEC-15-074). | 131 JBE 2021 (July 21; predicate); 137 JBE 2021 (Aug. 4-Sept. 1); 167 JBE 2021 (Sept. 1-29); BESE 2021-22 standards; CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; CP; WF; CB | Primary source read |
| MaineME | Mar. 18, 2020: Governor recommended indefinite closure (local closures); Mar. 31: stay-at-home EO extended the statewide closure through Apr. 30; Apr. 7, 2020: recommended remainder of the year (BP1). | | Maine DOE Framework (July 31, 2020): masks required for staff and students age 5+ (six requirements) (BP2). | No statewide requirement or prohibition (emergency ended June 30, 2021; universal masking recommended) (BP3). | None for schools (health care workers Aug. 12, 2021). | University of Maine System remote Mar. 2020. | Maine CDC school SOPs (guidance); local district rules; CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; WF; CB | Confirmed from a secondary source |
| MarylandMD | State Superintendent Salmon ordered all schools closed Mar. 16-27, 2020 (Mar. 12); Mar. 25: to Apr. 24; Apr. 17: to May 15; May 6, 2020: remainder of the year (BP1). | | Reopening plans due Aug. 14; Sept. 8, 2020 virtual reopening permitted; plans approved Sept. 22; Jan. 21 and Mar. 1, 2021 push to in-person (BP2). | Requirement: State Board of Education emergency regulation (Aug. 26, 2021; AELR approval Sept. 14; SEC-15-082); off-ramps Dec. 7, 2021; ended Mar. 1, 2022 (BP3). | None statewide (Montgomery County and Baltimore City by local action). | | State Board regulation (Aug. 26/Sept. 14); Montgomery and Prince George's County rules (metro DCM); CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; WF; CB | Confirmed from a secondary source |
| MassachusettsMA | Governor's order of Mar. 15, 2020 closing all public and private schools Mar. 17-Apr. 6; Mar. 25: to May 4; Apr. 21, 2020: remainder of the year (BP1). | COVID-19 Order No. 9 (Mar. 18, 2020; SEC-15-054): all early education and care programs closed from Mar. 23 except Exempt Emergency Child Care Programs. | DESE guidance June 8 and 24/25, 2020: masks grade 2+, six-foot desks, classroom meals; May 17, 2021: high schools full-time in person required (BP2). | Requirement: DESE mask requirement (Board vote Aug. 24; Commissioner Aug. 25, 2021; SEC-15-081) through Oct. 1, extended to Nov. 1, Jan. 15 and Feb. 28, 2022 (BP3). | None statewide (Boston by local order). | COVID-19 Order No. 13 (Mar. 23, 2020) essential-services list reached campuses. | DESE requirement (Aug. 25); Boston and Cambridge orders (metro BOS); CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; CP; WF; CB | Confirmed from a secondary source |
| MichiganMI | EO 2020-05 (Mar. 13, 2020; Ex. SEC-15-048): all public, nonpublic and boarding school buildings closed to students Mar. 16-Apr. 5; EO 2020-21 (Mar. 23): to Apr. 13; EO 2020-35 (Apr. 2, 2020; Ex. SEC-15-051): remainder of the year; K-12 sports suspended for the duration of the emergency (BP1). | EO 2020-16 (Mar. 18, 2020; Ex. SEC-15-049): disaster relief child care centers without license for essential workers; LARA emergency rules; licensed centers open under EO 2020-51 conditions. | EO 2020-142 (June 30, 2020; Ex. SEC-15-052): Return to School Roadmap (Phases 1-3 no in-person; Phase 4 plans and masks); Aug. 20, 2020 legislation; MDHHS order Nov. 15, 2020 (SEC-15-078): high schools and colleges remote Nov. 18-Dec. 20 (BP2). | No statewide requirement. | None statewide. | MDHHS Nov. 15, 2020 order: colleges remote Nov. 18-Dec. 20, 2020 (BP2). | County school mask orders (Aug.-Sept. 2021); MDHHS Aug. 13, 2021 guidance (advisory); CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; CP; WF; CB | Primary source read |
| MinnesotaMN | EO 20-02 (Mar. 15, 2020; Ex. SEC-15-020): all schools closed Mar. 18-27 (private schools 'encouraged'); EO 20-19 (Mar. 25): distance learning from Mar. 30 to early May; EO 20-41 (Apr. 23, 2020): remainder of the year (BP1). | Remained open; EO 20-02 directed schools to provide care for emergency workers' school-age children (Ex. SEC-15-020). | EO 20-82 (July 30, 2020; SEC-15-021): Safe Learning Plan, learning model by county case rate (under 9 per 10,000 to open fully); EO 20-81 masks; EO 20-99 (Nov. 18, 2020; SEC-15-022): youth sports paused Nov. 21-Dec. 18, extended to Jan. 4, 2021; Feb. 22, 2021: middle and high schools may return (BP2). | No statewide requirement or prohibition (peacetime emergency ended July 1, 2021) (BP3). | None. | EO 20-20 stay-at-home reached campuses; institutional remote. | State: none; Minneapolis and St. Paul rules (metro MSP; Jan. 2022 masks post-period); CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; WF; CB | Primary source read |
| MississippiMS | Mar. 14, 2020: spring break extended; EO 1460 (Mar. 19, 2020): all public schools closed through Apr. 17; EO 1476 (recited as Apr. 22, 2020; announced Apr. 14): remainder of the year (SEC-15-093; Ex. SEC-15-058 recitals; BP1). | | EO 1517 (Aug. 4, 2020; Ex. SEC-15-058): every person in a school building or classroom to wear a face covering; grades 7-12 delayed to Aug. 17 in eight counties; school masks continued into 2021 (BP2). | No statewide requirement or prohibition. | None. | | MSDH quarantine orders; district rules; CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; WF; CB | Primary source read |
| MissouriMO | No statewide closure order; Mar. 19, 2020: all districts closed by local decision (DESE); Apr. 3: stay-at-home order extended closures through Apr. 24; Apr. 9, 2020: Governor closed schools for the remainder of the year (BP1). | | DESE guidance July 14, 2020; decisions local (June 9) (BP2). | No statewide requirement or prohibition. | None. | | St. Louis City and County and Kansas City mask orders (metros STL, KC); CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; WF; CB | Confirmed from a secondary source |
| MontanaMT | Governor's directive of Mar. 15, 2020: public K-12 closed Mar. 16-27; Mar. 24: to Apr. 10; Apr. 7: to Apr. 24; Apr. 22, 2020: closure order rescinded effective May 7 with local option to reopen (BP1). | | July 2, 2020 guidance; decisions local (BP2). | No statewide requirement or prohibition. | None (HB 702 barred vaccination-status requirements). | | Local; CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; WF; CB | Confirmed from a secondary source |
| NebraskaNE | Directed Health Measures: Apr. 1, 2020, Governor Ricketts directed all schools to operate without students through May 31, 2020 (after local closures from mid-March) (BP1). | | NDE guidelines May 7, 2020; Aug. 3: decisions local (BP2). | No statewide requirement or prohibition (BP3). | None. | | Local (Omaha, Lincoln-Lancaster County directed health measures, Aug. 2021); CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; WF; CB | Confirmed from a secondary source |
| NevadaNV | Gov. Sisolak closed all schools Mar. 16-Apr. 6, 2020 (Mar. 15); Mar. 21: to Apr. 16; Apr. 1 stay-at-home: to Apr. 30; Apr. 22, 2020: remainder of the year (BP1). | | Directive 022 (June 9, 2020): buildings and athletic facilities may reopen under plans; July 28, 2020 directive: masks for all K-12 staff and students, distancing of three feet (PK-8) and six feet (high school); May 1, 2021: local control (BP2). | Requirement: Aug. 4, 2021 directive (SEC-15-083): masks in public, private and charter schools in counties over 100,000; lifted Feb. 10, 2022 (BP3). | | Directive 003 closed campuses to in-person instruction Mar. 2020. | Directive 047 (July 27, 2021; indoor masks in high-transmission counties) and the Aug. 4 school directive; NSHE mandate; CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; CP; WF; CB | Confirmed from a secondary source |
| New HampshireNH | Emergency Order #1 (Mar. 15, 2020; SEC-15-061): remote instruction Mar. 16-Apr. 3; Mar. 26 stay-at-home: to May 4; Apr. 16, 2020: remainder of the year (BP1). | | July 14, 2020 guidance (local control); Aug. 13 outbreak rules; Feb. 19, 2021 order: two in-person days by Mar. 8; Apr. 1, 2021: full-time in person by Apr. 19 (BP2). | No statewide requirement or prohibition (BP3). | None. | | Local; CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; WF; CB | Confirmed from a secondary source |
| New JerseyNJ | EO 104 (Mar. 16, 2020; Ex. SEC-15-011): all public, private and parochial preschools and K-12 closed to students from Mar. 18; higher education ceased in-person instruction; Apr. 16: to at least May 15; May 4, 2020: remainder of the year (private schools to June 30) (BP1). | EO 110 (Mar. 25, 2020; Ex. SEC-15-012): emergency child care for essential persons only from Apr. 1; all other centers closed; EO 149 (May 30; Ex. SEC-15-013): reopening June 15 under DOH standards; camps July 6. | EO 175 (Aug. 13, 2020; Ex. SEC-15-014): in-person only under mandatory distancing and mask standards; remote where standards unmet; DOE Road Back (June 26); masks for students (Aug. 3) (BP2). | Requirement: EO 251 (Aug. 6, 2021, effective Aug. 9; Ex. SEC-15-015); child care masks Sept. 24, 2021 (EO 264); ended Mar. 7, 2022 (BP3). | EO 253 (Aug. 23, 2021; Ex. SEC-15-016): school staff vaccinated or tested weekly from Oct. 18, 2021; EO 264 (Sept. 20, 2021; Ex. SEC-15-017): child care staff from Nov. 1, 2021. | EO 104 para. 3 (cease in-person Mar. 18, 2020); EO 155 (June 18, 2020; Ex. SEC-15-018): restart from July 1 under mandatory standards; EO 175 (Aug. 13, 2020). | EO 251 (Aug. 9); EO 253 (Aug. 23); EO 264 (Sept. 20-24); EO 252 (health care); DOH child care standards; CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; AD; CP; HR; OP; WF; CB | Primary source read |
| New MexicoNM | Public Health Order and PED directive of Mar. 12, 2020: schools closed three weeks from Mar. 16; Mar. 27, 2020: remainder of the year (BP1). | | PED Reentry Guidance (June 23, 2020): masks required; no in-person before Sept. 7 (July 23); hybrid for elementary from Sept. 8; Jan. 4-15, 2021: in-person closed statewide; Jan. 18: reopening by transmission level; Mar. 9/Apr. 5, 2021: full in-person (BP2). | Requirement: PED/DOH order (Aug. 2021; SEC-15-036); extended Feb. 4, 2022; lifted Feb. 17, 2022 (BP3). | | PHO stay-at-home (Mar. 23, 2020) required 100 percent remote work for non-essential workforce including universities. | Aug. 17, 2021 PHO (masks; staff); PED 2021-22 Toolkit (test-to-stay); CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; HR; WF; CB | Confirmed from a secondary source |
| New YorkNY | EO 202.4 (Mar. 16, 2020; SEC-15-055): all schools closed from Mar. 18 for two weeks; Mar. 27: to Apr. 15; Apr. 6: to Apr. 29; Apr. 16: to May 15; May 1, 2020: remainder of the year (BP1). | | NYSDOH Interim Guidance for In-Person Instruction (July 13, 2020) and the Governor's Aug. 7, 2020 authorization; masks; Oct. 30 red/orange-zone testing rule; Jan. 4, 2021 nine-percent rule (BP2). | Requirement: NYSDOH emergency regulation (Aug. 27, 2021; 10 NYCRR 2.60; SEC-15-087) for public and private P-12 schools; ended Mar. 3, 2022 (BP3). | NYSDOH regulation of Sept. 2, 2021: unvaccinated school personnel tested weekly (SEC-15-087); NYC DOHMH order Aug. 24, 2021: DOE staff vaccinated by Sept. 27 (Ex. SEC-15-037). | SUNY/CUNY remote from Mar. 19, 2020; in-person permitted only in Phase 4 regions from late June 2020 under mandatory guidance. | NYSDOH 2.60 (Aug. 27) and 2.62 (Sept. 2); NYC DOE order (Aug. 24); NYC Key to NYC (Aug. 17) for campus venues; CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; CP; HR; WF; CB | Primary source read |
| North CarolinaNC | EO 117 (Mar. 14, 2020): all public K-12 closed Mar. 16-30; EO 120 (Mar. 23): to May 15; Apr. 24, 2020: remainder of the year (BP1). | | July 14, 2020: Plan B (hybrid) minimum with StrongSchoolsNC Toolkit requirements; Aug. 17 reopening; Sept. 17: Plan A for K-5 from Oct. 5; Feb. 2, 2021 guidance; SB 37 vetoed Feb. 26, 2021 (BP2). | No statewide requirement or prohibition thereafter; SB 654 (Aug. 30, 2021) monthly board votes (BP3). | None statewide. | | State school mask requirement July 1-30, 2021; Wake, Durham, Mecklenburg orders (metro CLT); CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; WF; CB | Confirmed from a secondary source |
| North DakotaND | EO 2020-06 series: schools closed for one week from Mar. 16, 2020 (Mar. 15); Mar. 19: indefinitely; May 1, 2020: remainder of the year; May 11: summer programs from June 1 (BP1). | | Local; State Health Officer Order 2020-08 (Nov. 13, 2020) face coverings statewide incl. schools to Jan. 18, 2021; EO 2020-43 (Nov. 16) suspended K-12 winter sports. | No statewide requirement or prohibition (HB 1323 of 2021 limited State mask mandates) (BP3). | None. | | Local; CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; WF; CB | Confirmed from a secondary source |
| OhioOH | ODH Director's Order of Mar. 14, 2020: all public and private K-12 closed Mar. 16 for three weeks; Mar. 30: to May 1; Second Amended Order (Apr. 29/30, 2020; Ex. SEC-15-077): closed to students until 11:59 p.m. June 30, 2020 (BP1). | Director's Order of Mar. 24, 2020: child care closed from Mar. 26 except ODJFS Pandemic Child Care licensees; Director's Order of May 31, 2020 (Ex. SEC-15-071): reopening under ODJFS emergency ratios and masks on employees. | July 2 guidelines; Director's Order of Aug. 13, 2020 (Ex. SEC-15-069): masks on all K-12 students, staff and child care settings, including school buses, effective Aug. 14; sports orders (July-Aug. 2020) (BP2). | No statewide requirement or prohibition (ODH orders rescinded June 2, 2021; HB 244) (BP3). | None. | Stay at Home (Mar. 22, 2020) reached campuses. | Local health district orders (Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati) (metros CMH, CLE, CIN); CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; WF; CB | Primary source read |
| OklahomaOK | State Board of Education: schools closed Mar. 17-Apr. 6, 2020 (Mar. 16); Mar. 25, 2020: distance learning for the remainder of the year (BP1). | | OSDE guidance June 3, 2020; local (BP2). | Prohibition: SB 658 (May 28, 2021; effective July 1; Ex. SEC-15-046); enjoined in part Sept. 1, 2021 (Oklahoma County District Court, Mai, J.) (BP3). | None; SB 658 barred school vaccination requirements. | SB 658 (vaccine passports at institutions) (Ex. SEC-15-046). | SB 658 (July 1-Sept. 1, 2021; then partly enjoined); district opt-out mask rules from Sept. 1; CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; AD; WF; CB | Primary source read |
| OregonOR | EO 20-08 (Mar. 12, 2020): schools closed Mar. 16-31; EO 20-09 (Mar. 17, 2020; Ex. SEC-15-060): to Apr. 28 and higher-education in-person instruction limited; EO 20-20 (Apr. 8, 2020): remainder of the year (BP1). | | Ready Schools, Safe Learners (June 10, 2020) with Operational Blueprints; metrics (July 28, 2020) mandatory until Jan. 1, 2021 (advisory thereafter); EO 21-06 (Mar. 12, 2021): in-person or hybrid by Mar. 29 (K-5) and Apr. 19 (6-12) (BP2). | Requirement: OHA OAR 333-019-1015 (Aug. 2, 2021; SEC-15-086); reissued Jan. 28, 2022; ended Mar. 12, 2022 (BP3). | OAR 333-019-1030 (Aug. 25, 2021): K-12 teachers and staff fully vaccinated by Oct. 18, 2021 (no test-out) (BP3; SEC-15-086). | EO 20-09 and EO 20-17 (to June 13, 2020); EO 20-28 (June 12, 2020) framework. | OAR 333-019-1015 (Aug. 2); OAR 333-019-1025 statewide indoor masks (Aug. 13); OAR 333-019-1030 (Aug. 25); OR-OSHA rule 437-001-0744 (K-12 provisions); CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; CP; HR; WF; CB | Confirmed from a secondary source |
| PennsylvaniaPA | Governor's order of Mar. 13, 2020: all K-12 closed from Mar. 16 for two weeks; Mar. 23: to Apr. 8; Mar. 30: indefinitely; Apr. 9, 2020: remainder of the year; Act 13 of 2020 (Mar. 27). | Mar. 16, 2020 directive: certified child care centers and group homes closed from midnight Mar. 16 except OCDEL waiver programs serving essential workers; phased reopening from May 2020. | PDE county-metric guidance (Aug. 10, 2020); Secretary of Health's July 1, 2020 mask order applied to schools (Aug. 19); Nov. 23, 2020 attestation requirement for substantial-transmission counties (bundled). | Requirement: Acting Secretary of Health's Order Directing Face Coverings in School Entities (Aug. 31, 2021; effective Sept. 7; SEC-15-028), covering public and private K-12, early learning and child care; held void Nov. 10, 2021 (Commonwealth Court), affirmed Dec. 10, 2021 (Pa.) (BP3). | None statewide (Philadelphia by Board of Health regulation). | Mar. 19, 2020 life-sustaining list: colleges and universities may not continue physical operations. | Aug. 31 school order (Sept. 7); Philadelphia Board of Health regulations (Aug. 12, 2021) (metro PHL); Act 21 of 2021 continuations to Sept. 30, 2021; CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; CP; WF; CB | Confirmed from a secondary source |
| Rhode IslandRI | Governor's order of Mar. 13, 2020 moving spring break to Mar. 16-20; RIDE closure through Apr. 3; Mar. 30: to Apr. 30; Apr. 23, 2020: remainder of the year (BP1). | | Aug. 12: start delayed to Sept. 14; Aug. 31: all districts but Providence and Central Falls may open in person; Jan. 7-15, 2021 staggered reopening (BP2). | Requirement: EO 21-87 (Aug. 19, 2021; Ex. SEC-15-035) through Sept. 18, renewed to Mar. 4, 2022 (BP3). | None for schools (health care workers Oct. 1, 2021). | | EO 21-87 (Aug. 19) and renewals; RIDOH school protocol; CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; WF; CB | Primary source read |
| South CarolinaSC | EO 2020-09 (Mar. 15, 2020): all K-12 closed Mar. 16-31; Mar. 24: to Apr. 30; Apr. 22, 2020: remainder of the year (BP1). | | AccelerateED (June 22); July 31, 2020: Superintendent required masks in public school facilities for staff and students grades 2-12; Apr. 22/26, 2021 law: five-day in-person (BP2). | Prohibition: Proviso 1.108 (2021-22 Appropriations Act; SEC-15-089); upheld Sept. 2, 2021 (S.C.); enjoined Sept. 28, 2021 (D.S.C., Lewis, J.); masks on school buses required from Aug. 30, 2021 (BP3). | None. | Institutional. | Proviso 1.108 (July 1-Sept. 28, 2021); SCDE bus mask requirement (Aug. 30); Columbia and Richland County school mask ordinances (Aug. 2021); CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; WF; CB | Confirmed from a secondary source |
| South DakotaSD | EO 2020-04 (Mar. 13, 2020) and Mar. 17 announcement: schools closed through Mar. 27; Mar. 24: to May 1; Apr. 6, 2020 (EO 2020-12): remainder of the year. | | Starting Well 2020 guidance (June 2020); July 28: schools to open (BP2). | No statewide requirement or prohibition (BP3). | None. | | Federal layer only; CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; WF; CB | Confirmed from a secondary source |
| TennesseeTN | Mar. 16, 2020: Governor urged all schools to close by Mar. 20 through Mar. 31 (all complied); Mar. 25: to Apr. 24; Apr. 15, 2020: recommended remainder of the year (BP1). | | Guidance June 8 and July 28, 2020; Aug. 12: masks encouraged for grades 6-12; local (BP2). | Prohibition (opt-out): EO 84 (Aug. 16-Oct. 5, 2021; Ex. SEC-15-050); enjoined in Shelby County Sept. 3, 2021 and in Knox and Williamson Counties in September; extended by EO 89 (Sept. 30); blocked statewide Dec. 10, 2021 (BP3). | None. | | EO 84 (Aug. 16) with the three federal injunctions; Shelby County Health Department school mask directive (Aug. 2021) (metro BNA); CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; WF; CB | Primary source read |
| TexasTX | GA-08 (Mar. 19, 2020; Ex. SEC-15-070): 'schools shall temporarily close' Mar. 20-Apr. 3; GA-14 (Mar. 31): to May 4; GA-16 (Apr. 17, 2020): remainder of the year (BP1). | HHSC emergency rules (Mar. 2020) limited licensed child care to essential workers' children and imposed screening and group rules. | TEA Public Health Planning Guidance (July 7, 2020; SEC-15-090): on-campus instruction with masks; remote option; up to eight weeks remote without funding loss (July 17) (BP2). | Prohibition: GA-34 (Mar. 2, 2021) ended the State mandate; GA-36 (May 18, 2021; Ex. SEC-15-029): TEA mask policies end June 4, 2021; GA-38 (July 29, 2021; Ex. SEC-15-047): no governmental entity including school districts may require masks; Bexar and Dallas County TROs Aug. 10; Texas Supreme Court stays Aug. 15 and 26; E.T. v. Paxton (W.D. Tex.) Nov. 10, 2021; Fifth Circuit Dec. 1, 2021 (BP3). | None. | GA-38 para. 3(e): private schools and institutions of higher education 'encouraged' to follow TEA standards (Ex. SEC-15-047). | GA-36/GA-38 regime with the August 2021 county and district defiance and litigation; TEA Aug. 19, 2021 non-enforcement notice; Harris, Dallas, Bexar and Travis County orders (metros HOU, DFW, SAT, AUS); CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; WF; CB | Primary source read |
| UtahUT | Governor and State Board: soft closure of all schools from Mar. 16, 2020 for two weeks (Mar. 13); Mar. 23: to May 1; Apr. 14, 2020: remainder of the year (BP1). | | State Board reopening plan approved June 29, 2020; Utah Department of Health order July 20, 2020: face coverings in all public and private K-12 schools (SEC-15-092) (BP2). | Prohibition (conditional): HB 1007 (May 2021; Ex. SEC-15-031): school mask rules only by county-approved local health orders. | None. | | HB 1007 framework; CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; WF; CB | Primary source read |
| VermontVT | Governor's directive of Mar. 15, 2020: all K-12 closed Mar. 18-Apr. 6 (child care for essential persons only); Addendum 1 (Mar. 16, 2020; Ex. SEC-15-062): gatherings capped at 50; Mar. 26, 2020: remainder of the year (BP1). | | A Strong and Healthy Start (June 17, 2020) mandatory health guidance; start delayed to Sept. 8; step 3 (interscholastic competition) Sept. 26, 2020 (BP2). | No statewide requirement or prohibition (emergency ended June 15, 2021; masking advisory) (BP3). | None. | | Advisory only; CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; WF; CB | Confirmed from a secondary source |
| VirginiaVA | Mar. 13, 2020: all K-12 closed two weeks from Mar. 16; EO 53 (Mar. 23, 2020; Ex. SEC-15-056): cessation of all in-person instruction at K-12 schools, public and private, for the remainder of the year (BP1). | EO 53 para. 2: child care facilities may remain open (urged to serve essential personnel); VDSS emergency guidance (Ex. SEC-15-056). | Phased guidance June 9, 2020 (Phase Three: all students under mitigation); VDOLI 16VAC25-220 (July 27, 2020) applied to schools; SB 1303 (2021) in-person requirement (BP2). | Requirement: 2020-21 K-12 mandate expired July 25, 2021; rescinded Jan. 15, 2022 (EO 2); statutory ban Mar. 1, 2022 (BP3). | None statewide (State employees Aug. 5, 2021). | | K-12 mask mandate to July 25; 16VAC25-220 permanent standard; Fairfax, Arlington, Alexandria rules (metro DCM); CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; CP; WF; CB | Primary source read |
| WashingtonWA | Proclamations 20-08 and 20-09 (Mar. 13, 2020; SEC-15-041): all public and private K-12 closed Mar. 17-Apr. 24; 20-09.1 (Apr. 6, 2020): remainder of the year; Proclamation 20-12 (Mar. 20, 2020; SEC-15-042): higher-education in-person instruction prohibited. | | OSPI guidance June 11, 2020 (masks required); Dec. 16 non-binding decision tree; Mar. 15, 2021 proclamation: at least 30 percent in-person weekly for all K-12 by Apr. 19, 2021 (BP2). | Requirement: Proclamation 20-9.4 (July 30, 2021; SEC-15-085) and DOH K-12 requirements; Secretary of Health Order 20-03.4 (Aug. 23, 2021) statewide indoor masks; ended Mar. 12, 2022 (BP3). | Proclamation 21-14.1 (Aug. 20, 2021; Ex. SEC-15-043): all workers in child care, K-12 and higher education fully vaccinated by Oct. 18, 2021 (no test-out). | Proclamation 20-12 series (Mar. 20, 2020) through 20-12.4 (July 12, 2021); 21-14.1 (Aug. 20, 2021). | 20-12.4 (July 12); 20-9.4 (July 30); 21-14.1 (Aug. 20); Secretary of Health mask order (Aug. 23); King County orders (metro SEA); CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; CP; HR; WF; CB | Primary source read |
| West VirginiaWV | EO 2-20 (Mar. 13, 2020): all pre-K-12 closed indefinitely; Mar. 25: through Apr. 17; Apr. 1: to Apr. 30; Apr. 21, 2020: remainder of the year (BP1). | | Aug. 14, 2020 color-coded county map: red and orange counties fully remote; reopening Sept. 8; Thanksgiving closure to Dec. 3; Jan. 19, 2021: pre-K-8 in person or hybrid; Mar. 24, 2021: all schools five days (BP2). | No statewide requirement or prohibition (BP3). | None. | | Local; CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; WF; CB | Confirmed from a secondary source |
| WisconsinWI | Emergency Order #1 (Mar. 13, 2020): all K-12 closed Mar. 18-Apr. 5; Mar. 17: indefinitely; Emergency Order #12 (Mar. 24): through the order's duration; Emergency Order #28 (Apr. 16, 2020): remainder of the year (upheld as to schools in Wisconsin Legislature v. Palm, 2020 WI 42, May 13, 2020). | | DPI guidance June 22, 2020; statewide face-covering Emergency Order #1 (Aug. 1, 2020) applied to schools until Fabick v. Evers (Mar. 31, 2021). | No statewide requirement or prohibition. | None. | | Dane County and Milwaukee rules (metro MKE); CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; WF; CB | Confirmed from a secondary source |
| WyomingWY | Mar. 15, 2020 recommendation; State Health Officer Order No. 1 (Mar. 19/20, 2020): schools, colleges and child care facilities closed through Apr. 3; Mar. 27: to Apr. 17; Apr. 3: to Apr. 30; Apr. 29: to May 15; reopening permitted May 15, 2020 with plans. | Order No. 1 closed child care facilities (with small-group exceptions) Mar. 20-Apr. 30, 2020. | WDE guidance July 1, 2020 (district plans for traditional, hybrid and remote scenarios). | No statewide requirement or prohibition (BP3). | None. | Order No. 1 closed colleges Mar. 20, 2020. | Local (Laramie County School District rules); CDC conveyance order. | IN; RL; EC; TR; FS; AC; CP; WF; CB | Confirmed from a secondary source |
| District of ColumbiaDC | No verified sector-specific instrument is indexed for this State in this table. The State's general orders are in the Library under the State's own page. | | | | | | | | |