Updated List of Statewide School Closures with Closure Dates
Closed Through the End of the Year
States explicitly ordering or advising their schools to remain closed to in-person instruction through the end of the 2019–2020 academic year now include (bold indicates extension announced this week; green indicates a recommendation rather than a mandate; links are to official documents where possible):
- Alabama extended its closures through the end of the year. The original closure date was April 6. (memo and executive order dated April 3)
- Alaska is now closing its schools for the rest of the year. Alaska originally had a two-week closure, followed by an extension to May 1. (announcement dated April 9)
- Arizona has extended its statewide school closure for the third time, this time through the end of the school year. (announcement dated March 30)
- Arkansas announced its schools will remained closed through the end of the academic year. (announcement dated April 6)
- California is extending its school closures through the end of the year. To date California has not placed its school closure mandate in writing. (daily press briefing via Twitter dated April 1)
- Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said schools in his state will remain closed for the remainder of the school year. This announcement was part of a presentation that has not been posted in its entirety online. However, local news organizations captured screen shots of the presentation showing that schools will remain closed in Colorado's "safer at home" phase, which is replacing the state's current "stay at home" order. (screen shot dated April 20; written announcement dated April 23)
- Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont ordered schools closed for the remainder of the school year. (announcement dated May 5)
- Delaware Gov. John Carney announced schools will remain closed through the end of the school year. Delaware's previous closure order had been set to expire May 15. (announcement dated April 24)
- Florida closed its schools for the remainder of the year April 18.The previous closure was set to expire April 30. (announcement dated April 18)
- Georgia has again extended its statewide school closure mandate, this time through the end of the year. (PDF of executive order dated April 1; Georgia's executive order archive)
- Hawaii schools will remain closed for the remainder of the school year. (announcement dated April 17)
- Idaho schools will be out through the end of the academic year, the Idaho State Board of Education decided. (announcement dated April 6)
- Illinois schools are now officially closed through the remainder of the school year, Gov. JB Pritzker announced April 17. That state's closures had been set to expire April 30. (announcement dated April 16)
- Indiana announced Thursday it is closing its schools for the remainder of the school year. That state had set a May 1 date initially. (executive order dated April 2)
- Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds closed schools in her state through the remainder of the school year. The announcement was made April 17. (announcement dated April 17)
- Kansas closed its schools for the remainder of the school year. The state originally closed schools for in-person instruction through May 29, which was beyond the last day of the regular school year for many districts anyway. (announcement dated March 17)
- Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear advised school leaders to keep schools closed for the remainder of the school year on April 20. (announcement dated April 20)
- Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards signed an executive order April 15 closing all schools in the state through the remainder of the school year. This was Louisiana's second extension of school closures. The first extended the closures from an original date of April 13 to April 30. (announcement dated April 15)
- Maine's Department of Education recommended statewide school closures through the end of the year but did not mandate such closures. Schools are closed by mandate through April 30 via a stay-at-home order that went into effect March 31.(announcement dated April 9 of action taken April 7)
- Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced schools are closing for the remainder of the school year. The previous closure order was set to expire May 15. (announcement dated May 6)
- Massachusetts schools will remain closed for the remainder of the school year. Schools had been slated to reopen May 4. (announcement dated April 21)
- Michigan closed its schools for the rest of the year. This was the state's second extension. (executive order, undated, announcement dated April 2 of action taken April 2)
- Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz ordered schools closed for the remainder of the school year on April 23. Minnesota's closures had been set to expire May 4. (press conference dated April 23)
- Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announced that state's schools will close for the rest of the school year. Mississippi's closure had been set to expire this Friday. (announcement dated April 14)
- Missouri announced schools will remain closed through the end of the academic year. (announcement dated April 9)
- Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak announced April 21 schools in his state will remain closed even as the state begins loosening restrictions. (press conference dated April 21, announcement about schools at 30:44; written announcement dated April 22)
- New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu ordered schools closed through the remainder of the school year.(executive order dated April 16)
- New Mexico extended to the end of the school year. This was the second extension. The original closure date was April 6, with an initial extension through April 10. (announcement dated March 27)
- New Jersey ordered schools closed for the remainder of the year following two previous closure order extensions. For schools with longer academic years, the closures are in effect until at least June 30. (press release dated May 2)
- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered schools closed for the remainder of the academic year. (press conference dated May 1, announcement about schools at 29:00)
- North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper extended closures in his state through the end of the school year. That state's previous closure order had been set to expire May 15. (announcement dated April 24)
- North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum ordered schoolsclosed for the remainder of the school year after a previous closure "until further notice." (press release dated May 1)
- Ohio formally closed its schools for the remainder of the school year on April 20. (Ohio Department of Education notice dated April 20)
- Oklahoma's State Board of Education extended school closures to the end of the school year from April 6, mandating online learning for the rest of the school year. (announcement dated March 25)
- Oregon announced its closure through the end of the year. (announcement dated April 8)
- Pennsylvania formally shuttered its schools for the rest of the year April 8. Previously schools had been closed "until further notice." (announcement dated April 9)
- Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo closed schools for the remainder of the academic year. Rhode Island schools had been set to resume normal operations after April 30. (press conference dated April 23)
- South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster announced the continued closure of South Carolina schools on April 22. (press conference dated April 22, executive order pending)
- South Dakota extended its closures through the end of the school year, extending from May 1. (press conference dated April 6)
- Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee recommended schools in that state close for the remainder of the school year. (bulletin dated April 15)
- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott extended school closures through the remainder of the school year. That state's closures had been set to expire May 4. The latest order came through April 17. (executive order dated April 17)
- Utah announced April 14 it will close schools for the rest of the academic year. Utah schools had previously been slated to reopen after May 1. (announcement dated April 14)
- Vermont extended closures to the end of the school year (originally April 6). (directive dated March 26)
- Virginia formally extended school closures through the end of the school year. They were previously scheduled for a two-week closure.(executive order dated April 15)
- Washington announced April 6 it will close schools for the remainder of the academic year and is preparing for potentially remaining closed through summer and into fall.(announcement dated April 6)
- West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice closed schools in that state for the rest of the school year. The previous closure order was set to expire April 30. (announcement dated April 21)
- On April 16, Wisconsin extended its school closures to the end of the year. (executive order dated April 16)