Columbus City Schools reconsiders denied COVID leave for 200 educators
The permission, for now, is temporary, as their requests are being re-evaluated, spokeswoman Jacqueline Bryant said.
The decision, reached Thursday, followed pressure from the district's teachers union, the Columbus Education Association, which announced a "major victory" that evening.
John Coneglio, its president, said in a statement that he's pleased union members won't have to "choose between their health and their career."
About 200 union members had asked the district to take paid leave guaranteed by the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act, after being advised by a medical professional to quarantine due to "being at high risk for contracting COVID-19," according to a news release from the union.