Third stimulus check update: Progressives defend $1,400 checks as House prepares to vote
Updated Feb 21, 2021;
Posted Feb 21, 2021
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., supports the $1,400 stimulus checks for individuals making up to $75,000 and $2,800 for couples making up to $150,000.
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The head of the House Democrats’ progressive wing defended the $1,400 checks in President Joe Biden’s coronavirus stimulus bill on Sunday, while a GOP governor called for scaling back the package and the No. 2 House Republican dismissed polls showing strong support for the $1.9 trillion measure.
The comments came as the House prepared to vote this week on the stimulus bill under a process known as reconciliation that will prevent a Senate filibuster and allow the Democrats to pass the legislation by majority vote without any Republican support.
NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) The two largest cities in New Jersey announced Friday that due to the high COVID-19 transmission rate, school buildings will stay closed to in-person learning through at least April.
Students enrolled in the Jersey City and Newark public schools will remain in Phase I of remote learning through April 21, 2021, officials said, with a decision forthcoming for after that date.
The districts are expected to release further information within the next week.
The decision comes amid heightened concerns from teachers and union officials regarding the continued spread of the coronavirus.
Earlier this week, the president of the Newark Teachers Union demanded that all teachers and at least the students from middle school and up be tested for COVID-19 before any in-school instruction happens.
New Jersey s Two Biggest School Districts Plan To Stay Remote Through April
arrow A coronavirus testing site in the Ironbound section of Newark. Seth Wenig/AP/Shutterstock
New Jersey’s two biggest cities are keeping their public schools on remote learning through at least April, at which time it will have been more than a year since their students set foot in a school building.
Newark will stay on remote learning until their spring break ends on April 12th, with the plan to return to hybrid learning afterwards, according to school officials. Jersey City will stay with remote learning until April 21st.
N.J.’s largest school district to stay all-remote until April due to COVID outbreak
Updated Jan 07, 2021;
, a special resource guide created for parents, students and educators.
Newark Public Schools announced Wednesday that students would continue with remote class until April 12 due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Students were scheduled to begin returning to in-person classes on Jan. 25. But the plan was opposed by Newark Teachers Union President John Abeigon, Chalkbeat first reported.
“We don’t want to play ping pong with the economy of our parents,” Abeigon told NJ Advance Media on Thursday, adding that it wouldn’t make sense to reopen schools just to close them again in a week. “Right now everyone is a groove. The parents are in a groove. The teachers and students are in a groove.”
All kids should get COVID-19 tests before returning to school this month, N.J. teachers union says
Updated Jan 04, 2021;
Posted Jan 03, 2021
Nicholas Costa, center, a first grade student at St. Benedict s Preparatory School in Newark got a COVID-19 throat swab test as his mother, Analisa Branco, watched on Dec. 16. The private school is among those with in-school coronavirus testing for students, staff and their families.Patti Sapone | NJ Advance Media
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, a special resource guide created for parents, students and educators.
Before they sit down at their classroom desks again this month, every student should have proof they have tested negative for COVID-19, the head of the teachers union in New Jersey’s largest school district says.