NGA Child Care and K-12 Education Resources
Memo on Child Care Reopening and Recovery
Memo on Supporting K-12 and Postsecondary Virtual Learning Environments
Memo on Summer Camps and Summer Learning Opportunities
Memo on Child Care for School-Aged Children
NGA Postsecondary Education Resources
Memo on Postsecondary Strategies for COVID-19
Memo on Dual Credit in the Time of COVID-19
Memo on K-12 to Postsecondary Transitions
Memo on Adjustments to Work-Based Learning in Response to COVID-19
Memo on Addressing Food and Financial Insecurity for Families in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Memo on Supporting K-12 and Postsecondary Virtual Learning Environments
Primer on College Closures (in partnership with New America)
NGA Federal Education Resources
Memo on Child Care Reopening and Recovery
Memo on Supporting K-12 and Postsecondary Virtual Learning Environments
Memo on Summer Camps and Summer Learning Opportunities
Memo on Child Care for School-Aged Children
Memo on Postsecondary Strategies for COVID-19
Memo on Dual Credit in the Time of COVID-19
Memo on K-12 to Postsecondary Transitions
Memo on Adjustments to Work-Based Learning in Response to COVID-19
Memo on Addressing Food and Financial Insecurity for Families in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Memo on Supporting K-12 and Postsecondary Virtual Learning Environments
Primer on College Closures (in partnership with New America)
Data Systems
Emergency Child Care
Essential Workers
- ACF - State-Level Info for Essential Workers Seeking Child Care
- Rutgers - Recommendations for Safer Effective Emergency Childcare for Children of Essential Workers
Funding
General Guidance
- ACF - Child Care Covid-19 Resources
- CDC - Child Care and Preschool Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist
- CDC - Children and COVID-19: Tips to Keep Children Health While School’s Out
- CDC - Unofficial Reopening Business-Plans
- CDC - Childcare Decision Tool
Head Start
Small Business Loans
- US Chamber - Small Business Loans FAQs for Child Care
- Small Business and PPP Resources for Child Care
State Examples
Athletics Guidance
- CDC - Considerations for Youth Sports
- National Federation of State High School Associations - Guidance for Opening Up High School Athletics & Activities
- University of Wisconsin - COVID in Wisconsin Athletics: Study Summary
- NFHS - Winter Basketball and Wrestling Guidance
Attendance
Career and Technical Education
Distance Learning
- COVID Collaborative - Resources for Online Learning
- New America - Pandemic Planning for Distance Learning
- Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety, West Ed - Strategies for Trauma-Informed Distance Learning
- Common Sense - Connect All Students: How States and School Districts Can Close the Digital Divide
Educator Capacity
Extended Learning
- Afterschool Alliance - COVID-19 Resources
- After School Alliance - A Blueprint for How Afterschool Programs & Community Partners Can Help
- Oregon - OregonASK (example)
English Language Learners
Health Resources
- Mathematica - Reopening Schools
- Kaiser - What Do We Know About Children and Coronavirus Transmission?
Remote Learning
- ESRI Software and Resources for K-12 Instruction
School Reopening
- EdWeek - State Reopening Status
- EdWeek - School District Reopening Plans
- Fordham Institute - Lessons from Leading Charter Networks From Their Transition to Remote Learning
- ESRI Back to School Map - K-12 School District Reopening Status
- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine - Reopening K-12 School During the COVID-19 Pandemic
School Meals and Nutrition
- USDA - Memo on Child Nutrition Program Meal Service during Novel Coronavirus Outbreaks
- USDA - Proactive Flexibility to Feed Children When Schools Close
School Reopening - Resources
- EdWeek - When Will Schools Start This Fall (all 50 states)
- EdWeek - All State Data Dashboards for School Reopening
- CDC - Schools Decision Tool
- CDC - Unofficial Reopening Business-Plans
- National Association of State Boards of Education - Preparing Facilities
- American Enterprise Institute - Blueprint for Back to School
- American Federation of Teachers - Plan to Safely Reopen America’s Schools and Communities Toolkit
- Aspen Institute - Principles for Recovery and Renewal
- Aspen Institute - How Governors and Mayors Can Support Schools so Schools Can Support Students
- CCSSO - COVID19 Restart and Recovery Strategic Report final
- Joint Statement of National Education and Civil-Rights Leaders - on COVID-19 School Closure
- Learning Policy Institute - Reopening Schools During COVID Guidelines from Other Countries
- McKinsey - School system priorities in the age of coronavirus
- Opportunity Labs - Return to Schools Roadmap
- UNESCO Framework
- CPRE - School District Responses to School Closures
- ASBO and AASA - What Will It Cost to Reopen Schools?
- Future Ed - How Do We Reopen Schools?
- Harvard C.H. Chan School of Public Health - Schools for Health: Risk Reduction Strategies for Reopening Schools
- CCSSO - Restart and Recovery Guide - Considerations for Teaching and Learning Overview
- Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic - Considerations for Reopening Pennsylvania Schools
School Reopening - State Examples
- South Carolina - Task Force Summer Learning Operations Final Report
- Kentucky - Reopening Schools Initial Guidance
- Maryland - Recovery Plan for Education
- Missouri - School Boards' Association Pandemic Recovery Considerations
- Nevada - Path Forward Plan
- Oklahoma - Dept. of Ed FAQ for Public Schools
Social-Emotional Learning
- CASEL - Leveraging SEL as You Prepare to Reopen and Renew
- CASEL - Reunite, Renew, and Thrive: Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Roadmap for Reopening Schools
State Examples
Students Experiencing Homelessness
Summer Learning Resources
- CDC - Updated Guidance for Youth and Summer Camps, Special Consideration for Overnight Camps
- CDC - Youth Programs and Camps Decision Tool
- Evidence-based ELT policy principles
Summer Learning State Examples
- California - Assembly Hearing on Learning Loss
- North Carolina - Executive Order 138
- North Dakota - Executive Order 2020-04.2
Testing
Athletics
- NCAA - COVID-19/Coronavirus Resources
- Big Ten - Coronavirus Resource Page
- SEC - Winter Sports Guidance
- SEC - Fall Sports Guidance
- ACC - Institutional COVID Policies
- ACC - Medical Reopening Group Report (includes winter guidance)
- ACC - Report on Athletics Risk
- ACC - Announcement on Fall and Winter Sports Arrangements
- PAC-12 - Health and Safety Recommendations
Career and Technical Education
- Advance CTE - Resources for States, COVID-19
- Advance CTE - Prioritizing CTE During COVID-19
- ACTE - ACTE's Response to Coronavirus
Census
Early College
General Guidance & Resources
- CDC - Resources for Institutes of Higher Education
- NCSL - Higher Education Responses to Coronavirus
- US ED - Coronavirus Resources for Schools and Institutes of Higher Education
Health Issues
K-12 to Postsecondary Transition
Liability
Organizational Resource Pages
State Examples
Business Roundtable
- Business Roundtable - Guidelines for Returning to Work
- Business Roundtable - VP Letter Exhibits on Recovery
US Treasury Department
Administration for Children and Families
American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC)
Education Counsel
US Department of Education
ACT
Education Commission of the States (ECS)
This chart provides an overview of key guidance that was issued by states and governors between March and December 2020 and indicates actions that states took to reopen educational settings. These settings includes child care settings, camps and summer school programming, athletics, K-12 schools, and postsecondary institutions. This tracker does not address K-12 district or individual postsecondary institution guidance. This tracker is no longer being regularly updated as of December 2020. NGA has kept this information here as a historical reference.
Questions about the information provided here can be directed to Jon Alfuth (jalfuth@nga.org).
12/11 Update: Updated school closure status from EdWeek Map
K-12 school status information drawn from https://www.edweek.org/ew/section/multimedia/map-covid-19-schools-open-closed.html
Phase of Reopening: See the New York Times' tracker on the subject here: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/states-reopen-map-coronavirus.html
- 11/30 Update: Added sports guidance from Maine, New Jersey
- 11/17 Update: Added North Dakota's Executive Order pausing winter sports
- 11/12: Added Missouri K-12 guidance, Maine Community Sports Guidance
- 11/10: Added new Massachusetts Winter Sports Guidance
- 11/9 Update: Added Vermont winter sports guidance to the website
- 11/3 Update: Updated spots guidance for all states and territories with athletic association websites, relevant guidance for fall and/or winter sports, and relevant executive orders.
- 10/27 Update: Idaho moved back to phase 3 from phase 3 of its reopening, new Washington higher education guidance
- 10/7 Update: added Washington state's updated reopening guidance, updates to K-12 school reopening status from EdWeek
- 9/30 Update: added Michigan's recent executive order on mask wearing in schools
- 9/14 Update: added Montana's updated K-12 reopening document
- 9/8 Update: added K-12 state status for schools
- 8/26 Update: added new child care guidance for California
- 8/24 Update: updates to K-12 for AR
- 8/21 Update: updates to K12 for AL, AZ, CA, CT, MN, MS, PA, UT, WA, WV; child care for MI. Updated some phases of reopenings, removed summer school column
- 7/30 Update: Added Nevada's most recent declaration of emergency regarding K-12 education
- 7/28 Update: Added Massachusetts' and South Dakota's K-12 landing page
- 7/23 Update: Updated Connecticut and Colorado's K-12 guidance
- 7/20 Update: Added K-12 guidance for New York, Maine, Nebraska, Virgin Islands. Added sports updates for New York.
- 7/16 Update: Added K-12 guidance for Delaware
- 7/15 Update: Added K-12 guidance for New York, North Dakota and New Hampshire. Added Higher Education guidance for Colorado. Updated North Carolina's K-12 guidance.
- 7/13 Update: Added K-12 guidance for Missouri, New Mexico, South Dakota. Reopening websites for Delaware and Hawai'i. K-12 reopening website for New York.
- 7/10 Update: Added higher education guidance for Ohio, K-12 guidance for Idaho, summer camp updates for Pennsylvania, and sports and athletics updates for New Mexico
- 7/9 Update: Added various guidance documents for Montana, Nebraska, Nevada and New Hampshire, updated dead links
- 7/8 Update: Added K-12 guidance for Texas, higher education guidance for Vermont and Hawai'i
- 7/6 Update: Added K-12 guidance for Montana, Ohio, and Wyoming. Added Higher Education Guidance for Louisiana
- 6/30 Update: Added K-12 guidance for Utah
- 6/29 Update: Added Alabama K-12 reopening plan, New Jersey K-12 reopening plan, Iowa proclamation including athletics, as well as additional links in Connecticut, Delaware and District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawai'i, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas and Kentucky
- 6/26 Update: Added: Connecticut K-12 reopening guidance; Colorado higher ed guidance; Indiana K-12 guidance; Iowa K-12 guidance; Louisiana K-12, child care and extracurricular guidance; Massachusetts K-12 guidance; Nevada distance learning guidance; Texas emergency child care guidance; and Virginia K-12 reopening plan