Executive Order 14000: Supporting the Reopening and Continuing Operation of Schools and Early Childhood Education Providers

President: Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Directed Education and HHS to provide evidence-based reopening guidance, collect school-operating data, address unequal educational effects and coordinate testing and support for schools and child-care providers.

Status: Revoked.

Is Executive Order 14000 still in effect? No. Revoked January 20, 2025; emergency reopening program completed.

Children enter a classroom with books, ventilation symbols and a health shield beside a school playground. — School and early-childhood reopening support, illustrated symbolically; not evidence of a particular school’s reopening or safety assessment. EO Explained · site-generated editorial illustration · not documentary evidence.

What does Executive Order 14000 do?

Education and HHS were assigned reopening guidance, operating data and public-health assistance for schools and child-care providers.

Administration position: The order’s findings and policy rationale were the Biden administration’s positions. This guide distinguishes them from implementation records and judicial rulings.

SignedJanuary 21, 2021

Lead officialsEducation and Health and Human Services

Express timingGuidance and reports as soon as practicable

Before and after

Before the order

School reopening rules and pandemic responses varied widely among states, districts, colleges and child-care providers.

After the order

Education issued a two-volume COVID-19 handbook and agencies supported testing and data collection; schools later returned to ordinary operations and EO 14148 revoked the order.

Who had to do what

Agency / office	Action	Timing / position
Education	Issue reopening guidance and report on disparate effects	As soon as practicable
HHS/CDC	Provide public-health guidance, testing support and technical assistance	Ongoing
Education and HHS	Share effective reopening strategies	Ongoing

What happened next

January 21, 2021

EO 14000 signed.

Jan 20, 2025

EO 14148 revoked EO 14000.

Sep 9, 2026

Legal and source detail

How it works legally

Education and public-health statutes, appropriations, disability and civil-rights law, and state control of school operations limited implementation. The order supplied federal coordination and guidance rather than a nationwide reopening mandate.

Sources by type

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Primary and official sources

Orders, laws, court records and official implementation material.

Federal Register — official order (opens in a new tab) Order text
Authenticated Federal Register PDF (opens in a new tab) Order text
Trump EO 14148 — initial rescissions (opens in a new tab) Order text
Education Department — COVID-19 Handbook Volume 1 (opens in a new tab) Official record

How we checked this

Last checked against the sources above on September 9, 2026. How we research →