https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+SB1303
It says choice of students actually doing the in-person learning is up to parents/guardians and doesn't specify the number of days, but districts must offer it. It's on the docket for the education committee today. |
Do they have the votes? How quickly could it go into effect?
Don't get my hopes up! |
Rumor is that Chap Petersen (co-sponsor) is being told to drop it because "parents don't really care." So if you care, contact your state senator. If you don't know who that is, check here: https://whosmy.virginiageneralassembly.gov/ |
By whom? I will write my senator (Favola) today. |
All I have is the rumor mill, but it's fellow senators pressuring him to drop it, so unsure the votes sound that promising. |
Everyone cowtows to the teachers. |
Just emailed my support. Thanks for the head's up. |
They are telling him to drop it because they don’t have the stones to go on the record as voting against it. |
Force the vote. Let’s see where our representatives stand on this issue. |
There's also HB1742 in the house, which requires districts to have a 5 days in-person option or give out vouchers, but I highly doubt that's going anywhere, regardless of it's merits or lack thereof.
https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?...1&typ=bil&val=HB1742 |
Chap is a good guy who has kids in FCPS public schools so he knows what he's talking about on this topic. |
Only reps with kids in K-12 publics should be allowed to weigh in on the bill. People with adult kids and single people are all just living their lives. Literally everything is happening in Virginia except school. |
I appreciate that a politician puts their money where their mouth is as far as putting kids into public school. |
This is very wrong.
1. Children transmit the virus just as much as adults. 2. The pandemic is driven by asymptomatic cases. 3. This means open schools buildings are accelerators of viral spread. You can have zero cases in school, but still spread the virus into the community because of points 1 and 2. 4. Our case numbers have done nothing but increase in recent weeks due to the Holidays and people staying indoors in the winter. If we add more cases, our hospitals won't keep up. |
Lies. Lies. Lies. OP is way off. “The coronavirus is here to stay, but once most adults are immune — following natural infection or vaccination — the virus will be no more of a threat than the common cold, according to a study published in the journal Science on Tuesday.” https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/health/cor...immunity-future.html Oh, and the CDC did a study and found: “Disease rates in counties where in-person learning is available for school-aged children and adolescents is similar to areas where classes are entirely online, according to a report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It concludes schools should be the last to close, and the first to re-open.” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-...son-classes-cdc-says Link to CDC report, dated January 13, 2021: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/pdfs/mm7003e1-H.pdf “CDC recommends that K–12 schools be the last settings to close after all other mitigation measures have been employed and the first to reopen when they can do so safely.” |