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Calls are growing for the state to update and possibly reduce its six-foot distancing rule for students and staff in schools, which educators say would help districts bring students back five days a week, either this spring or in the fall.
The educational community also wants Albany to speed the full reopening of schools by providing immediate access to vaccinations for teachers and other staff and providing COVID-19 tests to schools to do regular, random testing. To get kids in school five days week, we need vaccines for teachers, surveillance testing and the right amount of space [between people] so that it s safe, said Frances Wills, who represents the Lower Hudson Valley on the state Board of Regents. The six-foot rule has caused a lot of confusion and needs to be clarified, given what we know.