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Executive Order No. 175 (2020)

Reopening of schools for in-person instruction for 2020-2021 subject to health and safety standards (six-foot distancing, mandatory face coverings, screening, remote-learning option); districts unable to meet standards may go fully remote; higher education may resume all in-person instruction

Governor Philip D. Murphy · New Jersey (State)

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Jurisdiction
New Jersey
Level
State
Authority
N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq.; N.J.S.A. 26:13-1 et seq.; N.J.S.A. 18A:7F-9
Issued
2020-08-13 Aug. 13, 2020
Effective
2020-08-13 (immediately) (read as 2020-08-13)
End
Governed the 2020-2021 school year; school masking and distancing standards continued (EO 241 para. 2; EO 242 para. 9) and were replaced for 2021-2022 by EO 251 (Aug. 9, 2021) (read as 2021-08-09)
In force
Aug. 13, 2020 to Aug. 9, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesOther
Addressees
  • all public, private and parochial preschool, elementary and secondary schools
  • degree-granting institutions of higher education
  • Department of Education
Functions reached
  • IN in-person instruction conditioned on distancing and masks; hybrid schedules
  • RL remote learning mandated on request; district-wide remote where standards could not be met
  • WF workforce of every employer (children on hybrid or remote schedules through 2020-2021)
  • TR school transportation under masking and distancing
Collection
New Jersey NJ

Operative words

Para. 2: "All school districts that reopen for full or part-time in-person instruction must meet the following health and safety standards... a. At least six (6) feet of distance between individuals in all settings to the greatest extent practicable... b. Mandatory use of face coverings by staff, students, and visitors... f. Student and staff health screenings". Para. 3: public school districts "shall resume partial or full-time in-person instruction during the fall of school year 2020-2021." Para. 6: districts "shall permit students to engage in full-time remote learning upon the request of a parent or guardian". Para. 7: "Public school districts that are or become unable to satisfy the health and safety requirements for in-person instruction... may provide full-time remote instruction to all students pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:7F-9." Para. 13: "degree-granting institutions of higher education may resume all in-person instruction not previously permitted in Executive Order No. 155 (2020)."

Enforcement

Department of Education certification and plan review (paras. 4-5, 8-9); para. 19: no municipal or county conflicting orders

Notes

The workforce instrument of 2020-2021: hybrid and remote schooling under State standards kept parents home for the school year in districts across the State.

Retrieval note

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