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Executive Order 20-07

Temporarily closing K-12 schools to slow the spread of COVID-19

Governor Laura Kelly · Kansas (State)

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Jurisdiction
Kansas
Level
State
Authority
K.S.A. 48-924, 48-925
Issued
2020-03-17 Mar. 17, 2020
Effective
2020-03-17
End
Remainder of the 2019-2020 school year; reissued by EO 20-28 (Apr. 30, 2020) through May 31, 2020 (read as 2020-04-30)
In force
Mar. 17, 2020 to Apr. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Schools and child careOther
Addressees
  • public and private K-12 schools
  • school districts
Functions reached
  • WF workforce (children at home)
  • IN in-person instruction
  • EC extended care
  • FS school food service
  • AC athletics and events
Collection
Kansas KS

Operative words

Closed all K-12 school buildings for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year (instruction to continue by continuous-learning plans); EO 20-29 para. 6.a.i later required that fewer than 10 students, instructors, or staff be present for normal operations.

Enforcement

K.S.A. 48-939; school districts bound.

Notes

First statewide K-12 closure for a full semester in the United States. Scanned executed copy; typed text in KS-004.

Retrieval note

Operative clause paraphrased from the Register text of EO 20-07 and EO 20-29 para. 6.a.i; the executed copy is a scan.

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