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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Minnesota
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Minn. Stat. 12.21, subd. 3(11); 12.31; EO 20-01 (peacetime emergency Mar. 13, 2020)
- Issued
- 2020-03-15 Mar. 15, 2020
- Effective
- March 18, 2020 (read as 2020-03-18)
- End
- March 27, 2020 (followed by EO 20-19 distance learning Mar. 30 - May 4) (read as 2020-03-27)
- In force
- Mar. 18, 2020 to Mar. 27, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Schools and child care
- Addressees
- all public schools
- school employees
- child care providers
- Functions reached
- WF (875,021 students, Ballotpedia/NCES)
- SCH
- Collection
- Workforce, schools and child care ECO-B
Operative words
'1.... I authorize and direct the Commissioner of Education to close all schools to students... beginning on Wednesday, March 18, 2020 through Friday, March 27, 2020.' '5.... school employees are directed to report to work...' '11. Emergency workers (including providers of healthcare, emergency medical services, long-term and post-acute care...)... schools must provide care for... students who are children of emergency workers.' Recital: 'We must also act to minimize disruptions caused by school closures on the state's healthcare system and emergency workers.'
Enforcement
Minn. Stat. 12.45 (misdemeanor)
Notes
Conscripted schools into child care for the essential workforce.