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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
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-016	Recovering, Rebuilding, and Renewing: The Spirit of New York's Schools - Reopening Guidance (July 16, 2020)Reopening guidance for the 2020-21 school year: mandatory plan elements (health checks, distancing, face coverings, cleaning…	New York State Education Department (Interim Commissioner Shannon Tahoe) and the Board of Regents (Chancellor Betty A. Rosa)	New York State Education Department and Board of Regents; State levelState	July 16, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools 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-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
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-067	Reentry Guide, Version 3 (January 2021)Requirements for the phased reentry of New Mexico public schools in 2020-21 (remote, hybrid and full reentry by county gating criteria…	New Mexico Public Education Department	New Mexico Public Education Department; State levelState	Jan. 29, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-068	603 CMR 27.00, Student Learning Time, as most recently amended May 25, 2021 (current official text, including 27.08 as amended March 5 and May 25, 2021)603 CMR 27.08 as amended: Commissioner's authority to require in-person instruction and to determine that hybrid and remote models no longer…	Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education	Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and Commissioner; State levelState	May 25, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-050	COVID-19 Response Toolkit for New Mexico's Public Schools (public version updated July 26, 2021)Requirements for the 2021-22 school year: face masks, COVID-19 point person, reporting of positive cases to PED by the next business day…	New Mexico Public Education Department (Secretary Ryan Stewart)	New Mexico Public Education Department (Secretary of Public Education); State levelState	July 26, 2021	2021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-032	Letter to Superintendents, 'Enforcement of the Universal Indoor Masking Requirement' (August 11, 2021)ISBE enforcement of Executive Order 2021-18's universal indoor masking requirement in all P-12 schools through recognition status, loss of…	Dr. Carmen I. Ayala, State Superintendent of Education, Illinois State Board of Education	Illinois State Board of Education (State Superintendent of Education); State levelState	Aug. 11, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-029	State Health Commissioner Order of Public Health Emergency, Statewide Requirement To Wear Masks In K-12 Schools (Order of Public Health Emergency Ten)Statewide requirement that all individuals aged two and older wear masks when indoors at public and private K-12 schools	M. Norman Oliver, M.D., M.A., State Health Commissioner	Virginia State Health Commissioner (acting for the State Board of Health); State level; addressed to all public and private K-12 schoolsState	Aug. 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-049	6.12.15 NMAC, COVID-19 School Requirements (emergency rule filed August 12, 2021)Emergency rule imposing the 2021-22 COVID-19 requirements on public schools: masking, reporting, testing, isolation and quarantine…	Secretary of Public Education Ryan Stewart	New Mexico Public Education Department; State levelState	Aug. 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-061	Fall 2021 Reopening Plans (vaccination mandate for students attending in person; face coverings; testing for unvaccinated employees) (August 2021)Vaccination required of all students attending in-person classes for fall 2021 (FDA approval Aug. 23, 2021 triggered the deadline), with…	CUNY Board of Trustees and Chancellor	City University of New York; State and city levelCity	Aug. 16, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-048	Minutes of the Board's special meeting of August 24, 2021 (vote authorizing the Commissioner to require face coverings in public schools)Board vote authorizing the Commissioner to require masks for all students age five and older and all staff in public schools through at…	Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (special meeting of August 24, 2021)	Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; State levelState	Aug. 24, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source

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)
New York State Education Department (Interim Commissioner Shannon Tahoe) and the Board of Regents (Chancellor Betty A. Rosa), Recovering, Rebuilding, and Renewing: The Spirit of New York's Schools - Reopening Guidance (July 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-016)
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)
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)
New Mexico Public Education Department, Reentry Guide, Version 3 (January 2021) (Jan. 29, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-067)
Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, 603 CMR 27.00, Student Learning Time, as most recently amended May 25, 2021 (current official text, including 27.08 as amended March 5 and May 25, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-068)
New Mexico Public Education Department (Secretary Ryan Stewart), COVID-19 Response Toolkit for New Mexico's Public Schools (public version updated July 26, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-050)
Dr. Carmen I. Ayala, State Superintendent of Education, Illinois State Board of Education, Letter to Superintendents, 'Enforcement of the Universal Indoor Masking Requirement' (August 11, 2021) (Aug. 11, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-032)
M. Norman Oliver, M.D., M.A., State Health Commissioner, State Health Commissioner Order of Public Health Emergency, Statewide Requirement To Wear Masks In K-12 Schools (Order of Public Health Emergency Ten) (Aug. 12, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-029)
Secretary of Public Education Ryan Stewart, 6.12.15 NMAC, COVID-19 School Requirements (emergency rule filed August 12, 2021) (Aug. 12, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-049)
CUNY Board of Trustees and Chancellor, Fall 2021 Reopening Plans (vaccination mandate for students attending in person; face coverings; testing for unvaccinated employees) (August 2021) (Aug. 16, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-061)
Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (special meeting of August 24, 2021), Minutes of the Board's special meeting of August 24, 2021 (vote authorizing the Commissioner to require face coverings in public schools) (Aug. 24, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-048)

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