The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Jefferson County, Kentucky (Jefferson County Public Schools) · Louisville and Lexington · Kentucky
- Level
- County
- Authority
- KRS 160.290 and 158.070 (board control of schools and school calendar); Governor's Mar. 12 and Apr. 20, 2020 recommendations; Kentucky Department of Education Healthy at School guidance
- Issued
- 2020-03-12 Mar. 12, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-16
- End
- 2021-04-05 (secondary schools back in person) (read as 2021-04-05)
- In force
- Mar. 16, 2020 to Apr. 5, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Schools and child care
- Addressees
- about 96,000 students and their families
- JCPS employees
- Functions reached
- WF workforce (parents of JCPS students)
- IN in-person instruction
- EC child care
- FS food service
- Collection
- Louisville and Lexington MET-SDF
Enforcement
Notes
The largest school district in Kentucky was closed or remote from Mar. 16, 2020 to Mar. 17, 2021 (elementary) and Apr. 5, 2021 (secondary). Dates from WHAS11 (Mar. 12, 2020: 'JCPS closes schools March 16 through April 5'; Mar. 20, 2020: 'JCPS to remain closed through April 20'; July 21, 2020: 'JCPS to begin 2020-2021 school year with virtual instruction') and Courier-Journal (Feb. 25, 2021: 'A split JCPS school board votes to reopen classrooms, nearly a year after closing'; Mar. 17, 2021: 'JCPS students arrive for first day of in-person classes'; Apr. 5, 2021: 'It's back to school for JCPS middle- and high-schoolers').
Retrieval noteDates confirmed from dated headlines of WHAS11 and the Courier-Journal located through Google News; ECO-B holds the State school-closure instruments.