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Education advocates push for early teacher vaccinations
By CEDAR ATTANASIO and SOPHIA EPPOLITODecember 12, 2020 GMT
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) Education advocates are calling for teachers and other school staff to get priority in the national coronavirus vaccine rollout expected to start next week.
In New Mexico, where 17,500 doses are expected to be distributed, lawmakers are asking state health officials to include ‘frontline’ teachers.
Members of the Legislative Education Study Committee in a letter sent this week urged public health officials to put a select group of teachers on equal footing with healthcare workers and first responders for the first batch of vaccinations. The letter followed a call by Lt. Gov. Howie Morales for teachers to get priority access since the state’s shift to online learning has left many students struggling.
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