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Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-045 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

Message to HISD parents regarding COVID-19 (Mar. 12, 2020)

Closure of all schools and district offices March 13 through March 30, 2020

Houston ISD (Interim Superintendent Grenita Lathan) · Houston Independent School District, Texas (independent school district) (City)

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Jurisdiction
Houston Independent School District, Texas (independent school district) · Texas
Level
City
Authority
Tex. Educ. Code §§ 11.151, 11.201
Issued
2020-03-12 Mar. 12, 2020
Effective
2020-03-13
End
2020-03-30 (extended; buildings closed for the rest of 2019-20) (read as 2020-03-30)
In force
Mar. 13, 2020 to Mar. 30, 2020
Limitation types
Business closureSchools and child care
Addressees
  • students
  • families
  • staff
  • vendors
Functions reached
  • IN
  • EC
  • FS
  • WF workforce of the Houston region (about 200,000 students)
  • SC vendors
Character
context
Collection
Local districts and authorities AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES

Operative words

HISD will close all schools and district offices beginning Friday, March 13 until Monday, March 30, 2020. Classes will resume on Tuesday, March 31st.

Enforcement

Superintendent's directive under board authority

Notes

Texas's largest district. The closure preceded the Governor's statewide closure order.

Retrieval note

In_force_quarters is per instrument (brief, sec.

A record of The COVID Project. The instrument's text is the source's; the summary fields are The COVID Project's reading of it. Not legal advice.