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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-070	Preliminary Guidance for Phased Reopening of Pre-K to 12 Schools (June 3, 2020) requiring a board-approved Health and Safety Plan before any school entity reopensRequirement that every school entity adopt and post a Health and Safety Plan approved by its governing body, consistent with the Secretary…	Pennsylvania Department of Education (Secretary Pedro A. Rivera; Acting Secretary Noe Ortega)	Pennsylvania Department of Education (Secretary of Education); State levelState	June 3, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Schools and child careWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-011	Starting the 2020-21 School Year, Part 3 - Transition Joint Guidance (June 23, 2020)Phase 4 requirements for in-person instruction: face coverings, no more than fifty individuals in one space, symptom screening, distancing…	Illinois State Board of Education (State Superintendent Carmen I. Ayala) and Illinois Department of Public Health, with the Transition Advisory Workgroup	Illinois State Board of Education and Illinois Department of Public Health; State levelState	June 23, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-036	Workplace Safety and Reopening Standards for Businesses and Other Entities Providing Youth and Adult Amateur Sports Activities - Phase III, Step 1 (July 6, 2020; amended Aug. 13, Oct. 2 and Oct. 4, 2020 and Feb. 8, 2021)Mandatory sector rules for youth and adult amateur sports: risk categories and levels of play, no indoor tournaments, 25-player caps…	Secretary of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (Kathleen A. Theoharides)	Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (Secretary), sector-specific rules for youth and adult amateur sports under the Governor's reopening orders; State levelState	July 6, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-006	Board action of July 9, 2020 approving the Idaho Back to School Framework (press release, 'Board Approves School Reopening Framework')Board Approves School Reopening Framework (Idaho Back to School Framework 2020)	Idaho State Board of Education (President Debbie Critchfield)	Idaho State Board of Education; State levelState	July 9, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Schools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-063	2020-2021 UIL COVID-19 Risk Mitigation Guidelines (July 21, 2020, as updated)Mandatory conditions for UIL activities in 2020-21: face coverings under GA-29, 50 percent spectator capacity, screening, distancing, and…	University Interscholastic League	University Interscholastic League; State levelState	July 21, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-010	SY 20-21 Public Health Planning Guidance (version of July 28, 2020; first issued July 7, 2020)Public health planning requirements for the 2020-21 school year: posted mitigation plans, staff self-screening, exclusion of symptomatic and…	Texas Education Agency, Commissioner Mike Morath	Texas Education Agency (Commissioner of Education); State levelState	July 28, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-009	COVID-19 Industry Guidance: Institutions of Higher Education (August 7, 2020)Industry guidance for institutions of higher education: required face coverings, distancing, prohibition of indoor lectures in counties on…	California Department of Public Health with Cal/OSHA (covid19.ca.gov)	California Department of Public Health (State Public Health Officer) and Cal/OSHA, industry guidance for institutions of higher education under the Governor's orders; State levelState	Aug. 7, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-053	MHSAA Council Reinstates 2020 Football Season; Full Fall Competition Schedule Authorized (September 3, 2020)Reinstatement of the fall 2020 football season upon Executive Order 2020-176 with attendance limits and face-covering conditions	MHSAA Representative Council	Michigan High School Athletic Association; State levelState	Sept. 3, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-007	603 CMR 27.00, Student Learning Time, including 27.08 (Health and Safety Standards during a State of Emergency or Other Exigent Circumstances), as amended through February 23, 2021 (Wayback capture of February 26, 2021)603 CMR 27.08: Commissioner to issue health and safety requirements; every district to submit a plan prioritizing in-person instruction with…	Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (regulation); Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley (requirements issued under 27.08)	Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education; State levelState	Feb. 23, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-066	Memorandum on the adoption of 603 CMR 27.08 (Board meeting of September 29, 2020, item 4, with tracked text and public comment)Permanent adoption of 603 CMR 27.08 (Health and Safety Standards during a State of Emergency) after its emergency adoption for the 2020-21…	Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley (memorandum to the Board); Board vote of September 29, 2020	Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; State levelState	Sept. 29, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Schools and child careWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-040	NMAA release, 'NMAA Forced to Postpone Fall Sports Due to Governor's Orders' (October 12, 2020)Postponement of the volleyball, cross country and fall golf seasons because the Governor's public health order barred interscholastic…	New Mexico Activities Association (Executive Director Sally Marquez)	New Mexico Activities Association, acting under the Governor's public health orders; State levelState	Oct. 12, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capSchools and child careEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-022	The Big Ten Conference Adopts Stringent Medical Protocols; Football Season to Resume October 23-24, 2020 (September 16, 2020)Reinstatement of the football season under daily antigen testing and cardiac protocols	Big Ten Conference Council of Presidents and Chancellors	Big Ten Conference; multistate; context onlySector regulator	Sept. 16, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Events and venuesWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-046	USHE release, 'Gov. Gary R. Herbert and Utah Department of Health issue weekly COVID-19 testing requirement for USHE students' (November 9, 2020), quoting the State Public Health Order's 'Restrictions on institutions of higher education'State public health order requiring every public institution of higher education to test each student age 18 or older who lives on campus or…	Utah Department of Health (State Public Health Order of Nov. 8, 2020, as updated Nov. 23, 2020); recited by the Utah System of Higher Education	Utah Department of Health (State Public Health Order of November 8, 2020) as applied to the Utah System of Higher Education's eight public institutions; State levelState	Nov. 9, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-015	Outdoor and Indoor Youth and Recreational Adult Sports (guidance of December 14, 2020, updated January 25, 2021; further updated February 19, 2021)Youth and adult recreational sports permitted by county tier; inter-team competition resumed January 25, 2021 only within the tier table; no…	California Department of Public Health (Sandra Shewry, Acting Director; Erica S. Pan, M.D., Acting State Health Officer)	California Department of Public Health (Acting State Public Health Officer Erica S. Pan, M.D.); State levelState	Dec. 14, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineEvents and venues	Primary source read

Pennsylvania Department of Education (Secretary Pedro A. Rivera; Acting Secretary Noe Ortega), Preliminary Guidance for Phased Reopening of Pre-K to 12 Schools (June 3, 2020) requiring a board-approved Health and Safety Plan before any school entity reopens (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-070)
Illinois State Board of Education (State Superintendent Carmen I. Ayala) and Illinois Department of Public Health, with the Transition Advisory Workgroup, Starting the 2020-21 School Year, Part 3 - Transition Joint Guidance (June 23, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-011)
Secretary of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (Kathleen A. Theoharides), Workplace Safety and Reopening Standards for Businesses and Other Entities Providing Youth and Adult Amateur Sports Activities - Phase III, Step 1 (July 6, 2020; amended Aug. 13, Oct. 2 and Oct. 4, 2020 and Feb. 8, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-036)
Idaho State Board of Education (President Debbie Critchfield), Board action of July 9, 2020 approving the Idaho Back to School Framework (press release, 'Board Approves School Reopening Framework') (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-006)
University Interscholastic League, 2020-2021 UIL COVID-19 Risk Mitigation Guidelines (July 21, 2020, as updated) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-063)
Texas Education Agency, Commissioner Mike Morath, SY 20-21 Public Health Planning Guidance (version of July 28, 2020; first issued July 7, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-010)
California Department of Public Health with Cal/OSHA (covid19.ca.gov), COVID-19 Industry Guidance: Institutions of Higher Education (August 7, 2020) (Aug. 7, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-009)
MHSAA Representative Council, MHSAA Council Reinstates 2020 Football Season; Full Fall Competition Schedule Authorized (September 3, 2020) (Sept. 3, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-053)
Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (regulation); Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley (requirements issued under 27.08), 603 CMR 27.00, Student Learning Time, including 27.08 (Health and Safety Standards during a State of Emergency or Other Exigent Circumstances), as amended through February 23, 2021 (Wayback capture of February 26, 2021) (Feb. 23, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-007)
Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley (memorandum to the Board); Board vote of September 29, 2020, Memorandum on the adoption of 603 CMR 27.08 (Board meeting of September 29, 2020, item 4, with tracked text and public comment) (Sept. 29, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-066)
New Mexico Activities Association (Executive Director Sally Marquez), NMAA release, 'NMAA Forced to Postpone Fall Sports Due to Governor's Orders' (October 12, 2020) (Oct. 12, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-040)
Big Ten Conference Council of Presidents and Chancellors, The Big Ten Conference Adopts Stringent Medical Protocols; Football Season to Resume October 23-24, 2020 (September 16, 2020) (Sept. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-022)
Utah Department of Health (State Public Health Order of Nov. 8, 2020, as updated Nov. 23, 2020); recited by the Utah System of Higher Education, USHE release, 'Gov. Gary R. Herbert and Utah Department of Health issue weekly COVID-19 testing requirement for USHE students' (November 9, 2020), quoting the State Public Health Order's 'Restrictions on institutions of higher education' (Nov. 9, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-046)
California Department of Public Health (Sandra Shewry, Acting Director; Erica S. Pan, M.D., Acting State Health Officer), Outdoor and Indoor Youth and Recreational Adult Sports (guidance of December 14, 2020, updated January 25, 2021; further updated February 19, 2021) (Dec. 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-015)

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