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Sara Bachez and Elizabeth Esquivel
May 7, 2021
On April 28, 2021, the California Department of Education sent a notice to school district and county Superintendents and charter school Administrators with a reminder that two Federal Stimulus Funding sources issued through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act will expire in the next 30 – 60 days. The funding sources are listed here.
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Mar 22, 2021
On Saturday, March 20, 2021, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) updated the K-12 School Guidance on social distancing between students in the classroom to at least three feet to align to the latest changes from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released on Friday, March 19, 2021.
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Mar 5, 2021
Governor Newsom signed AB 86 (Committee on Budget) providing $2 billion for safe in-person instruction support and $4.6 billion for expanded academic, mental health and social-emotional support.
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Mar 1, 2021
Today, March 1, 2021 Governor Newsom, Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins, and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, along other legislative leaders, announced they reached a reopening schools deal. The proposal is detailed in Assembly Bill 86/Senate Bill 86, providing $2 billion for in-person instruction support and $4.6 billion for expanded learning purposes.
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Feb 17, 2021
On February 12, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released guidance to help determine when a school district can offer in-person instruction, as part of President Joe Biden’s Executive Order 14000: Supporting the Reopening and Continuing Operation of Schools and Early Childhood Education Providers. The CDC identifies four categories of community transmission of COVID-19 in a color-coded system based on two metrics: 1) total new cases per 100,000 persons in the past 7 days and 2) percentage of positive diagnostic and screening viral tests that are nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs), including reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests.
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Feb 11, 2021
On February 10, 2021, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) released a Safety Review Process for any individual schools or school district that meet the following situations.
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