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The state of New York is now allowing New York City schools to mandate COVID-19 testing for in-person learning, in a reversal of its previous position.
NY: Schools can t require parents to consent to COVID testing before letting kids back in classroom
With New York City middle school students returning to schools on Monday, new state guidelines will allow even more children back in the classroom.
By: WPIX Staff
and last updated 2021-02-18 08:52:08-05
NEW YORK CITY â With New York City middle school students returning to in-person learning on Monday, the state has banned Mayor Bill de Blasio from requiring parents to fill out forms consenting their children to random COVID-19 testing as a pre-requisite for returning to the classroom.
In a letter obtained by Scripps station WPIX in New York City on Tuesday, New York Assistant Education Commissioner Kathleen DeCataldo wrote, parent/guardian consent for COVID-19 testing of students may not be a condition of in-person learning or other school activities.
With New York City middle school students returning to class on Monday, new state guidelines will allow even more students back in the classroom. According to a letter from the State Department of Education, a consent form for COVID-19 testing cannot be a condition for in-person learning.
New York schools can’t mandate coronavirus testing consent, state says
Updated Feb 17, 2021;
Posted Feb 17, 2021
State education officials said New York schools can t make consent to coronavirus testing a condition of students learning in-person. (Staten Island Advance file photos)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. New York schools and school districts can’t require students to consent to coronavirus (COVID-19) testing in order to attend in-person instruction, state education officials said Tuesday in a new directive.
Kathleen DeCataldo, assistant commissioner at the New York State Education Department (NYSED), sent the directive to superintendents and administrators of schools across the state, explaining that school districts can’t make consent to testing a condition for children attending in-person school and extracurricular activities.