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Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-031NCEES COVID-19 exam administration updates (chronology: April 2020 pencil-and-paper exams cancelled; Pearson VUE capacity limits through 2021; masks required at Pearson VUE centers from Dec. 1, 2021)Latest Information on COVID-19 Response (NCEES)NCEESAll States; National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (the council of the State engineering and surveying licensing boards, which administers the FE, PE, FS and PS examinations for every board)Sector regulatorMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MT-085County COVID-19 emergency declaration of March 13, 2020 (rescinded July 2021) and county public health rules (masks; gathering limits) tightened January 2021 and no longer enforced after HB 257 (May 2021)Lewis and Clark County COVID-19 emergency declaration and public health rulesLewis and Clark County Commissioners; Lewis and Clark City-County Board of Health and Health OfficerLewis and Clark County (Helena), MontanaCountyMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationGathering capFace-covering requirementConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. GA-062Order Declaring Statewide Judicial EmergencyStatewide judicial emergency (jury trials, grand juries and deadlines suspended)Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of GeorgiaGeorgiaCourtMar. 14, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-TRIBAL-051Legislative Council Resolution No. 20-094, Authorizing Action for COVID-19 Public Health EmergencyAuthorizing Action for COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (web posting of Mar. 30, 2020 carrying the resolution as an image)Tohono O'odham Legislative CouncilTohono O'odham Nation (Arizona) - tribal legislatureTribalMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Emergency declarationGathering capTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SDF-045JCPS school closure and remote-instruction decisions, 2020-21Closure of all JCPS schools from March 16, 2020 (announced March 12, 2020, initially through April 5, then April 20, then the school year)…Jefferson County Board of Education / Superintendent Marty PollioJefferson County, Kentucky (Jefferson County Public Schools)CountyMar. 12, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Schools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NM-077K-12 public school closure (Mar. 13, 2020, effective Mar. 16 through Apr. 3; extended Mar. 27, 2020 through the end of the 2019-20 school year) and PED 'Reentry Guidance' (June 20, 2020) and 'COVID-19 Response Toolkit for New Mexico's Public Schools' (2021-22)School closure orders and PED reentry instrumentsGovernor Michelle Lujan Grisham; Public Education Secretary Ryan StewartNew MexicoStateMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. VT-049Administrative Order No. 49Declaration of Judicial Emergency and Changes to Court ProceduresVermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar by the State Court Administrator)VermontCourtMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-042Proclamation 20-12 (Higher Education) and its amendments 20-12.1 through 20-12.5 (including 20-12.4 of July 12, 2021)COVID-19 Higher EducationGovernor Jay InsleeWashingtonStateMar. 20, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Business closureSchools and child careWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-KC-075Clay County Public Health Emergency Orders (series): stay-home order (Mar. 24, 2020); Orders 05272020, 05312020, 06152020, 07012020, 08212020, 11172020, 01132021, 02212021Clay County public health emergency orders, March 2020 - February 2021Clay County Public Health Center, Director Gary ZaboracClay County, Missouri (outside Kansas City)CountyMar. 24, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-KC-076Platte County Health Department orders (series): stay-home order (Mar. 24, 2020); Amended Orders effective July 1, July 16, Nov. 23, 2020, Jan. 16 and Feb. 22, 2021Platte County public health orders, March 2020 - February 2021Platte County Health Department (Director Mary Jo Vernon) under the Platte County state of emergencyPlatte County, Missouri (outside Kansas City)CountyMar. 24, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-001Board Report 20-0325-RS1, Resolution Authorizing Expenditures and Actions in Response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)Resolution Authorizing Expenditures and Actions in Response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (adopted as amended)Board of Education of the City of ChicagoBoard of Education of the City of Chicago (Chicago Public Schools), Illinois (local school district)CityMar. 25, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationSchools and child careOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AZ-095Executive Order of Mar. 30, 2020 (stay at home; curfew), extended Apr. 17, 2020; curfew removed by EO 2021-02 (Apr. 20, 2021)Tohono O'odham Nation stay-at-home order, curfew and entry restrictionsChairman Ned Norris Jr.Tohono O'odham NationTribalMar. 30, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Stay-at-homeGathering capTravel and quarantineCurfew and hoursConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. CA-013Executive Order N-45-20Executive Order N-45-20 (child care for essential workers; CDSS and CDE flexibilities)Governor Gavin NewsomCaliforniaStateApr. 4, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Schools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-ORL-006Emergency Executive Order No. 2020-12Reopening Orange County and Requiring Social Distancing and Face CoveringsMayor Jerry L. Demings, as Director of Emergency ManagementOrange County, FloridaCountyMay 1, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. IL-015Restore Illinois: A Public Health Approach to Safely Reopen Our State (five-phase, eleven-region plan)Restore Illinois planGovernor JB Pritzker; Illinois Department of Public Health; Department of Commerce and Economic OpportunityIllinoisStateMay 5, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Business closureCapacity limitGathering capOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-16-092COVID-19 Industry Guidance: Places of Worship and Providers of Religious Services and Cultural CeremoniesPlaces of Worship guidance (May 25, 2020; rev. July 29, 2020 with the indoor singing and chanting prohibition; rev. 2021)California Department of Public Health and Cal/OSHACaliforniaSector regulatorJuly 29, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NV-017Declaration of Emergency Directive 021 (Phase Two Reopening Plan), May 28, 2020, ss. 3, 12, 13, 15, 39, extended for the duration of the emergency by Directive 029 s. 4 (Ex. NV-024)Phase Two: gatherings of fifty, worship at fifty, venues and gyms at 50 percent, live events closed to the public, telework, employer…Governor Steve SisolakNevadaStateMay 28, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-070Preliminary 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 levelStateJune 3, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Schools and child careWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-003Board Report 20-0624-RS1, Amend Board Report 20-0325-RS1 Resolution Authorizing Expenditures and Actions in Response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)Amendment of the COVID-19 emergency resolution (June 24, 2020)Board of Education of the City of ChicagoBoard of Education of the City of Chicago, IllinoisCityJune 24, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationSchools and child careOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-27-002Interim Guidance for Higher Education During the COVID-19 Public Health EmergencyMandatory reopening plan and operating requirements for every higher education institution in a Phase Four region (capacity, testing…New York State Department of Health (New York Forward)New YorkStateJune 26, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-ORL-031Executive Order 2020-030Executive Order requiring the use of social distancing and facial coverings in Seminole CountyAlan Harris, Chief Administrator, Office of Emergency ManagementSeminole County, FloridaCountyJune 29, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-27-003Restart Standards for All New Jersey Institutions of Higher EducationMandatory health and safety standards for the resumption of in-person instruction and campus operations at every degree-granting institutionSecretary of Higher Education (Office of the Secretary of Higher Education), under Executive Order No. 155 para. 2New JerseyStateJune 18, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-090TEA Public Health Planning Guidance for the 2020-21 school year (July 7, 2020; on-campus instruction with masks required; parental choice of remote; attendance-funding flexibility of July 14-17, 2020 for up to eight weeks of remote instruction), and the Aug. 5 and Aug. 19, 2021 public health guidance (mask provision not enforced during the GA-38 litigation)TEA SY 2020-21 Public Health Planning Guidance and 2021-22 updatesTexas Education Agency (Commissioner Mike Morath)TexasSector regulatorJuly 7, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. LA-072BESE emergency rule of July 14, 2020 - Minimum Health and Safety Standards for the Reopening of Louisiana Schools (2020-2021), as described in BESE's releaseBESE adopts minimum health and safety standards for the reopening of Louisiana schoolsLouisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE)LouisianaSector regulatorJuly 14, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-092The July 17-20, 2020 fall-opening orders of Kansas, Utah and Iowa (grouped record)Kansas EO 20-59; Utah UDOH K-12 face-covering order; Iowa Proclamation of July 17, 2020Governor Laura Kelly (KS EO 20-59, July 20, 2020: face coverings in schools); Utah Department of Health (State Public Health Order of July 20, 2020: face coverings in all public and private K-12 schools); Governor Kim Reynolds (Iowa Proclamation of July 17, 2020: at least half of instruction in person)Kansas; Utah; IowaStateJuly 20, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source