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COVID-19 Order No. 10

Order Temporarily Closing All Child Care Programs and Authorizing the Temporary Creation and Operation of Emergency Child Care Programs

Governor Charles D. Baker · Massachusetts (State)

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Jurisdiction
Massachusetts
Level
State
Authority
St. 1950, c. 639, ss. 7, 8, 8A
Issued
2020-03-18 Mar. 18, 2020
Effective
End of day March 22, 2020 (read as 2020-03-22)
End
Extended by Order No. 15 (Mar. 25) and Order No. 27 (Apr. 21, to June 29, 2020); rescinded in its entirety 12:01 a.m. July 13, 2020 by Order No. 41 (read as 2020-09-30)
In force
Mar. 22, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Business closureSchools and child care
Addressees
  • all licensed, approved or exempt child care programs
  • EEC
Functions reached
  • WF workforce (parents without care)
  • EC child-care operations closed except emergency programs
Collection
Massachusetts MA

Operative words

All licensed, approved, or exempt child care programs in the Commonwealth shall suspend all normal operations by the end of the day on March 22, 2020 and shall not reopen before Monday, April 6, 2020 unless under approval granted by the emergency program authorized in section (2) below.... Vulnerable children and children of families who work to maintain the health, safety, and welfare of all Commonwealth residents shall receive priority access to such emergency child care programs.

Enforcement

EEC licensing authority; emergency program approvals

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