3%3%3%3%3% 3%3%3% :33 STATE oE 3% a! 3% 31?? DEPARTMENT 31% ?18 31% 331 EXECUTIVE ORDER 2040 3% 3.1 3% 333 FOR: CHILD CARE MATTERS AND SEE fig TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS MAY COME, GREETINGS: 8% 1 is 518 WHEREAS, on March 6, 2020, I issued Executive Order 20~02, which declared a public health a? :12 emergency exists throughout the State of Indiana as a result of the coronavirus SE5 ?8 disease 2019 I outbreak in the United States and a confirmed report 811 5 that the disease had spread to Indiana, and this initial declaration has been 7? Ru extended by me in Executive Orders 20-17, 20-25, 20-30, 20~34 20~38; SK . . WHEREAS, since then, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared Sci 51? 19 to be a global pandemic and, on March 13, 2020, the President of the United :31? States declared a national emergency with respect to this dangerous virus; 3% 11 g? WHEREAS, as of the date of this Executive Order, the virus is 11 every county in our State, with 8? over 81,000 confirmed cases and nearly 3,000 deaths; . )1 WHEREAS, deSpite significant steps being taken in our State, this virus remains a serious threat $33 to the health, safety, and welfare of all residents of Indiana, and further efforts are an needed to address, control, and reduce the evolving threat posed by SE a- . s, it? WHEREAS, on March 12, 2020, all Indiana schools were provided a twenty (20) day waiver Egg-x for school closure allowable for use effective immediately and, on March 19, 2020, 3% I issued Executive Order 20-05 directing all schools to close through May 1, 32$ 5 2020 and by Executive Order 20~16, I ordered school buildings closed to in~ TS it? person instruction for the remainder of the academic year and instruction was to 2? gig occur by remote learning; 81% WHEREAS, on June 11, 2020, in Executive Order 20~32, school corporations were advised 35 ?g they could reopen on or after July 1, 2020. Due to the continued impact and spread \21? ?38 of certain school corporations have elected or been ordered to provide 8% in remote or e-learning rather than in~person instruction; >33 Bill? WHEREAS, further action is required to ensure that working parents and guardians have safe SEE and sufficient child care Options for school aged children who are receiving '3 11% instruction by remote or e-learning; ?3 WHEREAS, as Governor, I have broad authority and powers under Indiana law to declare and 811 :31 respond to public health emergencies on behalf of our State, including but not ?g limited to: making, amending, and rescinding the necessary orders, rules, and a: it? regulations to carry out Indiana?s Emergency Management and Disaster Law, Ind. Eli! Code ch. 10-14~3; suspending the provisions of any regulatory statute t; 531?? prescribing the procedures for conduct of state business, including the orders, 89 i1? rules, or regulations of any state agency if strict compliance with any of these SEE a? provisions would in any way prevent, hinder, or delay necessary action in COping El with'the emergency; and using the services and facilities of existing officers, 3:18 agencies of the state, and of political subdivisions, who shall cooperate with and 31% :18 extend services and facilities to the governor as I may request; and 811 XL WHEREAS, in light of the above, it is necessary and proper to take further actions to protect the 31% health, safety and welfare of all Hoosiers in connection with the continuing and 8% evolving threat posed by NOW, THEREFORE, 1, Eric J. Holcomb, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Governor by the 8% 8% 3%3% 3% NOW, THEREFORE, 1, Eric J. Holcomb, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Governor by the Indiana Constitution and the laws of the State of Indiana, for the duration of the public health emergency, do hereby order the following: I. The requirement in Ind. Code is waived to the extent necessary to allow school corporations to contract with relevant organizations to operate school age, in~person, child care programs, commonly referred to as latch key programs, in physical environments other than public school buildings in order to support community needs for environments to provide care while students engage in remote or e~learning. . To increase the child care options for parents with pre~K through gradel 2 school?aged children participating in remote or e-learning, the relevant provisions of Ind. Code and 12-1 (C) are suspended for any child care setting not currently licensed, only to the extent necessary to permit in-person supervision in a physical location for remote or e-learning for no more than 10 school-age children in a residential structure on school days provided such school~age children are participating in remote or e-learning. A child care setting operating under these circumstances will be exempt from the definition of a child care home subject to licensure. IT IS SO ORDERED. have hereunto set my hand and caused to be on this 21th day of August, 2020. Eric J. Holc Governor of ndi na 74/2630 Walt/o ATTEST: Connie Lawson Secretary of State 2 IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, 1, Eric J. Holcomb, affixed the Great Seal of the State of Indiana,