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The bill does not order school districts to resume in-person instruction and it does not say parents must send their kids back to the classroom if they don’t want to. It also doesn't require minimum hours of in-person instruction in order to receive the money.
Gov. Newsom signs return-to-school incentive legislation in California
By Allie Rasmus
Newsom signs return-to-school bill
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Friday to incentivize the return to in-person instruction before the end of this school year. Allie Rasmus reports
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Friday to incentivize the return to in-person instruction before the end of this school year.
In a virtual news conference on Zoom, the governor signed the $6.6 billion plan at 9:30 a.m. alongside Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, other legislative leaders and state education officials.
Newsom said he is optimistic this bill is going to really accelerate openings across the state.
The parent advocacy group, Open Schools California, called the governor's plan a failure because it doesn't require minimum hours of instruction. Districts could reopen for as little as one hour of classroom instruction a week - and still count as reopened and qualify for the money.
CALIFORNIA Thousands of angry parents have now become activists in open rebellion against school boards and teachers unions over a lack of urgency to reopen classrooms that have been shuttered for a year due to COVID-19.