
And although Virginia’s general assembly has the power to compel school boards to adopt specific policy via legislation, state Democrats hold a slim majority in the Senate, meaning new laws are unlikely. Raises the minimum wage of federal contract workers to 15 an hour in early 2022, up from the current 10.95. The order does not define “divisive concepts” but cites critical race theory as an example.Īt least 22 other states have moved towards imposing limits on the teaching of critical race theory in recent months, as rightwing media in the US continues to fuel disinformation about the teaching of the previously little-known discipline.ĭespite the sweeping and ambiguous language, the governor’s power to intervene in local school districts is limited. See Biden’s first 100 days of executive actions below. The order also bans an executive employee from “directing or otherwise compelling students to personally affirm, adopt, or adhere to inherently divisive concepts”. Listed below are executive orders beginning with order number 13985, presidential proclamations, presidential memoranda, national security memoranda, presidential determinations, presidential sequestration orders, and presidential notices signed by U.S. The order lists 13 instructions, many directed to the state’s school superintendent, who has been tasked with reviewing the state’s curriculum and policies within the department of education, to identify “inherently divisive concepts”.

And Biden stopped the US's withdrawal from the World Health Organization, which Trump had initiated last summer after accusing the United Nations agency of cozying up to China.On Saturday, after taking the oath of office, Youngkin unveiled a list of nine executive orders and two executive directives, with the first on the list described as a directive to “restore excellence in education by ending the use of divisive concepts, including Critical Race Theory, in public education”. We havent received one piece of information and were two weeks into this and that.' The executive order prohibits hotels and dwellings from contracting with municipalities to house large groups of individuals due to the shortage of housing and human services. An executive order requiring that people wear masks, and keep their distance from each other, on federal property. Included in the cache of orders issued by the new president was the Executive Order on Revocation of Certain Executive Orders Concerning Federal Regulation. All of Joe Biden’s day-one executive actions. On day one, Biden also rejoined the Paris climate accord, an international treaty that the Obama administration adopted and Trump abandoned. Though the regulatory review memorandum was something of a surprise, most of the executive actions issued on day one were not. The order signed on Wednesday also requires. Wearing a mask at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, Biden kicked off his pandemic response with a "100 Days Masking Challenge" and issued a mask mandate in federal buildings. As promised, one of Biden's first executive actions was to sign an order asking Americans to wear masks for his first 100 days in office.

More than 400,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the US. The new president repeated calls for unity in his inauguration ceremony and issued a proclamation declaring Wednesday a " National Day of Unity."īeyond bridging political divides, Biden has the monumental task of combatting a raging public-health crisis. Biden outpaced Trump, who on his first day in office signed only one order, to begin a reversal of the Affordable Care Act, which ultimately was unsuccessful.īiden took the reins of the presidency during a tumultuous period for the nation, still reeling from the deadly Capitol riot and the coronavirus pandemic. Executive orders may reorganize agencies within the executive branch of state government, reassign functions among executive branch agencies, create temporary. Issuing executive orders is typically among presidents' first duties. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
