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- Jurisdiction
- Alabama
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Ala. Code §§ 31-9-1 et seq.
- Issued
- 2020-03-18 Mar. 18, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-18 (schools closed at the end of the day March 18, 2020) (read as 2020-03-18)
- End
- school-closure section superseded by the March 26, 2020 proclamation (Ex. AL-010); remainder for the duration of the emergency (read as 2020-03-26)
- In force
- Mar. 18, 2020 to Mar. 26, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declarationSchools and child careCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- all K-12 public schools
- governmental bodies subject to the Open Meetings Act
- Secretary of State and election officials
- state agencies and local awarding authorities
- Functions reached
- WF workforce (parents of K-12 students)
- CT public bodies and permitting boards meeting remotely
- OP
- Collection
- Alabama AL
Operative words
This supplemental proclamation shall ratify my previous order, issued orally on March 13, 2020, requiring the closure of all K-12 public schools at the end of the day Wednesday, March 18, 2020, with reopening scheduled for the start of school on Monday, April 6, 2020, should circumstances permit.... Notwithstanding any provision of the Open Meetings Act, members of a governmental body may participate in a meeting... by telephone conference, video conference, or other similar communications equipment
Enforcement
Ala. Code § 31-9-13; 'to the extent a provision in this supplemental proclamation conflicts with any provision of state law, that law is hereby suspended for the duration of this state of emergency, and this proclamation shall control'
Notes
The oral order of March 13 closing schools is ratified here; the March 26 proclamation (Ex. AL-010) then closed public K-12 buildings to instruction for the rest of the 2019-20 year.