Congressman Rick W. Allen, a member of the House Education and Labor Committee, reintroduced the Educational Flexibility for Families Act yesterday.
This legislation would require K-12 schools to provide an option for students to safely attend in-person classes during the 2021 and 2022 school years in order to be eligible for additional federal assistance.
“The science is clear: schools can safely reopen with proper precautions in place,” said Congressman Allen in a press release. “Too many students have not even seen the inside of a classroom in a year and families should have the option to return their children to in-person learning. My bill prioritizes students and parents throughout the nation who are eager to return to school, not teachers’ unions who are forcing them to remain closed until their radical demands completely unrelated to the pandemic are met.”
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently issued additional school reopening guidance outlining how schools can safely reopen. “As I’ve been saying for months, schools can and should safely reopen with proper precautions – and today’s additional guidance from the CDC confirms this truth,” Allen said last month, after the CDC released the aforementioned guidelines.
Earlier this month, Congressman Allen introduced an amendment to House Democrats’ budget reconciliation that would require K-12 school districts offer in-person instruction if they receive additional COVID-19 relief funds.
Tyler Strong is the Business Editor for The Augusta Press. Reach him at tyler@theaugustapress.com
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