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Ex. SEC-15-052Executive Order 2020-142 (MI Safe Schools: Michigan's 2020-21 Return to School Roadmap)Provision of preK-12 education for the 2020-2021 school yearGovernor Gretchen WhitmerMichiganStateJune 30, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-018Executive Order No. 155 (2020)Resumption of in-person instruction and on-campus operations at institutions of higher education and training schools from July 1, 2020…Governor Philip D. MurphyNew JerseyStateJune 18, 20202020 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
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
Ex. SEC-15-021Emergency Executive Order 20-82 (Safe Learning Plan for the 2020-21 school year)Implementing a Safe Learning Plan for the 2020-21 School YearGovernor Tim WalzMinnesotaStateJuly 30, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-058Executive Order No. 1517Face coverings in schools; delayed start of the 2020-21 year for grades 7-12 in eight countiesGovernor Tate ReevesMississippiStateAug. 4, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. SEC-15-014Executive Order No. 175 (2020)Reopening of schools for the 2020-2021 school year under mandatory health and safety standards; remote instruction where standards cannot be…Governor Philip D. MurphyNew JerseyStateAug. 13, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-15-029Executive Order GA-36Relating to the prohibition of governmental entities and officials from mandating face coverings or restricting activities in response to…Governor Greg AbbottTexasStateMay 18, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOtherPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-15-031H.B. 1007, Face Covering Requirements (2021 First Special Session)Face Covering RequirementsUtah Legislature, 2021 First Special Session; Governor Spencer Cox (signed)UtahStateMay 19, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOtherPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-15-030House File 847 (2021), Division on facial covering policies (counties, cities and schools), new Iowa Code section 280.31An Act relating to education, including... facial covering policiesIowa General Assembly (89th G.A.); Governor Kim Reynolds (signed)IowaStateMay 20, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOtherPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-15-046Senate Bill 658 (2021), enrolledAn Act relating to schools; prohibiting... vaccination requirements, vaccine passports and mask mandates for unvaccinated students absent a…Oklahoma Legislature (58th Leg.); Governor Kevin Stitt (signed)OklahomaStateMay 28, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testingOtherPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-15-089Proviso 1.108 (no school district may use appropriated funds to require students or staff to wear face masks); upheld by the South Carolina Supreme Court Sept. 2, 2021 (City of Columbia); enforcement enjoined Sept. 28, 2021 (Disability Rights South Carolina v. McMaster)Proviso 1.108 (school mask-mandate funding ban)South Carolina General Assembly (2021-22 Appropriations Act, H. 4100, Proviso 1.108); U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina (Lewis, J.)South CarolinaStateJune 22, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-045Act 1002 of 2021 (SB 590)An Act to Prohibit the Mandatory Use of Face Masks, Face Shields, or Other Face CoveringsArkansas General Assembly (93rd G.A.); Governor Asa Hutchinson (signed)ArkansasStateApr. 28, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOtherPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-15-047Executive Order GA-38Relating to the continued response to the COVID-19 disaster (consolidation of GA-34, GA-35, GA-36; no governmental mask mandates; no vaccine…Governor Greg AbbottTexasStateJuly 29, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testingOtherPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-15-040Executive Order 21-175Ensuring Parents' Freedom to Choose - Masks in SchoolsGovernor Ron DeSantisFloridaStateJuly 30, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-085Proclamation 20-9.4 (July 30, 2021): K-12 schools prohibited from operating outside the Department of Health's K-12 requirements (universal indoor masking, distancing, ventilation, testing and reporting) for 2021-22Proclamation 20-9.4 (K-12 Schools, 2021-22)Governor Jay InsleeWashingtonStateJuly 30, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-026Executive Order 2021-18 (masks in all public and nonpublic P-12 schools), followed by EO 2021-20 (Aug. 26, 2021; statewide indoor masks; school and higher-education vaccination-or-testing)Executive Order 2021-18Governor JB PritzkerIllinoisStateAug. 4, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-074Proclamation Number 137 JBE 2021COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Mitigation Measures - Statewide Mask MandateGovernor John Bel EdwardsLouisianaStateAug. 2, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-15-083Emergency Directive 048 (Aug. 4, 2021; face coverings for staff and students in public, private and charter schools in counties over 100,000 population) as amended the same dayEmergency Directive 048Governor Steve SisolakNevadaStateAug. 4, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-033Executive Order No. 13ARevised Order for Masks and Face Coverings, Nursing Home Staff Vaccination (repealing EO 12A; universal masking in schools continued through…Governor Ned LamontConnecticutStateAug. 5, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-15-015Executive Order No. 251 (2021)Mandatory face masks in the indoor premises of all public, private and parochial preschool programs and elementary and secondary schools for…Governor Philip D. MurphyNew JerseyStateAug. 6, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. SEC-15-080Executive Order 2021-585State of Emergency: face coverings in all public and private preschool, Head Start and K-12 schools (including school buses) and in all…Governor Andy BeshearKentuckyStateAug. 10, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. SEC-15-050Executive Order No. 84An Order Regarding Mask Requirements in Schools (parental opt-out)Governor Bill LeeTennesseeStateAug. 16, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOtherPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-15-035Executive Order 21-87Requiring Masks in SchoolsGovernor Daniel J. McKeeRhode IslandStateAug. 19, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. SEC-15-027Executive Order 2021-22 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 87)Executive Order 2021-22: face coverings; vaccination and testing requirements for health care workers, school personnel and higher education…Governor JB PritzkerIllinoisStateSept. 3, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-15-075Proclamation Number 167 JBE 2021COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Mitigation Measures - Statewide Mask Mandate (renewal after Hurricane Ida)Governor John Bel EdwardsLouisianaStateSept. 1, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source read

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