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HIDOE employee notice, COVID-19 Update: Remote Work

HIDOE notice: employees to begin remote work March 19, schools to close March 30 (Mar. 18, 2020)

Hawaii State Department of Education · Hawaii (State)

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Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Level
State
Authority
HRS ch. 302A; Governor's Mar. 16-18, 2020 spring-break extensions
Issued
2020-03-18 Mar. 18, 2020
Effective
2020-03-19
End
Campuses remained closed to students through 2020-05-28 (Ex. HI-050) (read as 2020-05-28)
In force
Mar. 19, 2020 to May 28, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Telework mandateSchools and child care
Addressees
  • all HIDOE employees
  • all public schools
Functions reached
  • WF parents' workforce statewide
  • OF telework of the State's largest workforce
  • EC
Collection
Hawaii HI

Operative words

HIDOE employees to begin remote work March 19, schools to close March 30... effective Thursday, March 19. Schools will close March 30 following the extension of spring break... HIDOE employees will be working remotely and those who need to perform duties at a campus or office during this period will be limited to those tasks before returning to their telework arrangement.

Enforcement

Department directive to about 22,000 employees

Notes

Students 'anticipated to return to school April 7' did not; closure extended to the end of the school year on Apr. 17, 2020

Retrieval note

The Mar. 19, 2020 news release page itself could not be rendered from Wayback; this DOE PDF states the same directive.