As the coronavirus pandemic recedes, California is continuing to reopen its economy.
In the penultimate weekly update of the state’s COVID-19 reopening roadmap, four more counties Marin, Monterey, San Benito and Ventura moved into the least restrictive yellow tier.
Counties within that category, of which there are now 19, can allow most businesses to operate indoors with some safeguards.
Reaching that level requires counties to record for two consecutive weeks an adjusted daily case rate of fewer than 2 per 100,000 people, a rate of positive test results of less than 2%, and a less than 2.2% rate of positive test results in communities heavily impacted by the virus.
With nonprofit funding still determined at the borough level, several community members spoke out in support of Kodiak College and education in general at Thursdayâs Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meeting.
The assembly has yet to adopt the fiscal year 2022 budget; the most recent borough managerâs draft budget shows zero allocations for nonprofits, including Kodiak College and Kodiak Public Library.
The Kodiak JumpStart program was the center star in the show of support. The program provides lower tuition costs at $100 a credit, up to six credit hours, for first-time college fall freshmen, and $100, up to six credits, for high school students in dual-enrollment programs.