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Ex. ECO-B-050Education Week, 'Map: Coronavirus and School Closures in 2019-2020' (Mar. 6, 2020; updated Oct. 13, 2021)Map: Coronavirus and School Closures in 2019-2020 (at their peak the closures affected at least 55.1 million students in 124,000 U.S. public…Education Week (secondary source)United States (all States)OtherMar. 6, 20202020 Q2Schools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-017Executive Order N-26-20Executive Order N-26-20 (continuity of State funding and services for local educational agencies that close schools to address COVID-19)Governor Gavin NewsomCaliforniaStateMar. 13, 20202020 Q2Schools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-073Executive Order No. 2020-5Temporary prohibition on large assemblages and events, temporary school closuresGovernor Gretchen WhitmerMichiganStateMar. 13, 20202020 Q2Gathering capSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-094Proclamation Number 27 JBE 2020Public Health Emergency - COVID-19 (Supplement): gatherings of 250 prohibited; public schools closed to students until April 13, 2020…Governor John Bel EdwardsLouisianaStateMar. 13, 20202020 Q2Gathering capSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-025Executive Order No. 104Aggressive social distancing measures: gatherings limited to 50; closure of all schools, colleges, casinos, racetracks, gyms, theaters…Governor Philip D. MurphyNew JerseyStateMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capSchools and child careCurfew and hoursPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-059Executive Order No. 117Prohibiting Mass Gatherings and Directing the Statewide Closure of K-12 Public Schools to Limit the Spread of COVID-19Governor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateMar. 14, 20202020 Q2Gathering capSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-065Executive Order No. 2020-09Closing Public Schools, Cancelling Elections, and Other Provisions Due to COVID-19Governor Henry McMasterSouth CarolinaStateMar. 15, 20202020 Q2Gathering capSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-099WMATA, 'COVID-19 Information: Service Changes due to the public health emergency' (page as of May 13, 2020)WMATA COVID-19 service changes: reduced Metrorail and Metrobus service, station closures and rear-door boarding during the public health…Washington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityDistrict of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia (Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority)StateMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Travel and quarantineOtherPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-109Executive Order No. 20-08School Closures and the Provision of School-Based and Child Care Services in Response to Coronavirus (COVID-19) OutbreakGovernor Kate Brown (also as Superintendent of Public Instruction)OregonStateMar. 17, 20202020 Q2Schools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-016Executive Order No. 20-07Temporarily closing K-12 schools to slow the spread of COVID-19Governor Laura KellyKansasStateMar. 17, 20202020 Q2Gathering capSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-077Executive Order No. 7CProtection of Public Health and Safety During COVID-19 Pandemic and Response - Cancellation of Classes in Public Schools, Suspension of…Governor Ned LamontConnecticutStateMar. 15, 20202020 Q2Schools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-082Executive Order 2020-05 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 3)Closure of all public and private pre-K through 12 schools March 17-30, 2020Governor JB PritzkerIllinoisStateMar. 13, 20202020 Q2Schools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-098MBTA notice, 'MBTA Announces Schedule Revisions to Take Effect Tuesday, March 17' (Mar. 16, 2020)MBTA reduced service schedule effective March 17, 2020 ('Reductions in service support slowing spread of COVID-19, protect MBTA workforce…Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthorityMassachusetts (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority)StateMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Travel and quarantineOtherPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-127COVID-19 Order No. 6 (Mar. 15, 2020), Order Temporarily Closing All Public and Private Elementary and Secondary SchoolsTemporary closure of all public and private elementary and secondary schools, March 17 - April 6, 2020Governor Charles D. BakerMassachusettsStateMar. 15, 20202020 Q2Schools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-032Executive Order 03.16.20.01School Closures to Stop Spread of COVID-19Governor Brian P. KempGeorgiaStateMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Schools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-067Emergency Executive Order 20-02Authorizing and Directing the Commissioner of Education to Temporarily Close Schools to Plan for a Safe Educational EnvironmentGovernor Tim WalzMinnesotaStateMar. 15, 20202020 Q2Schools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-075Executive Order No. 2020-16Expanding child care access during the COVID-19 emergencyGovernor Gretchen WhitmerMichiganStateMar. 18, 20202020 Q2Schools and child careOtherPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-100Executive Order 202.4Continuing Temporary Suspension and Modification of Laws Relating to the Disaster Emergency (statewide closure of schools from March 18…Governor Andrew M. CuomoNew YorkStateMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Schools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-063Executive Order 20-05Closure of all K-12 schools until May 1, 2020Governor Eric J. HolcombIndianaStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q2Schools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-018Executive Order GA-08Relating to COVID-19 preparedness and mitigationGovernor Greg AbbottTexasStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-071Executive Order 2020-06Executive Order 2020-06 (closure of on-site dining, bars, recreational facilities, health clubs, theaters and entertainment venues; remote…Governor Doug BurgumNorth DakotaStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q2Business closureTelework mandatePrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-081Executive Order 2020-10 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 8)Stay at Home Order; social distancing; essential businesses; closure of day care centers except emergency child care; schools closed through…Governor JB PritzkerIllinoisStateMar. 20, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-072Executive Order 2020-10Executive Order 2020-10 (K-12 school facilities to remain closed to students until further notice; distance learning plans)Governor Doug BurgumNorth DakotaStateMar. 22, 20202020 Q2Schools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-034Executive Order Number Fifty-Three (2020)Temporary Restrictions on Restaurants, Recreational, Entertainment, Gatherings, Non-Essential Retail Businesses, and Closure of K-12 Schools…Governor Ralph S. NorthamVirginiaStateMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-060Executive Order No. 120Additional Limitations on Mass Gatherings, Restrictions on Venues and Long Term Care Facilities, and Extension of School Closure DateGovernor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersPrimary source read

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