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New COVID cases among 572 students, 48 staff members in past week; 0.08% of students in Massachusetts schools reported with virus
Updated May 13, 2021;
A total of 620 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in Massachusetts schools, education officials said Thursday.
Those cases, detected from May 6 to 12, are among 572 students and 48 staff members who have been inside a public school building in the seven days before testing positive, according to a weekly report from the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
The overall percentage of COVID cases in schools is low and stands at 0.08% among students and 0.04% among staffers, according to the report.
From May 3 to 9, the state-funded pooled coronavirus testing program had a positivity rate of 0.71%, according to the department. In that period, 176 districts have participated. There have been 12,763 pools processed with 91 positive results.
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The kids are online, but their data is not all right.
The majority of school utility apps used by kids and parents are pervasively sharing student data with third parties through advertising and analytics software development kits (SDKs), including those provided for free by Google and Facebook.
On average, school apps have more than 10 third-party SDKs integrated, according to a study released on Tuesday by the Me2B Alliance, a nonprofit organization focused on creating standards for respectful technology.
These apps, which are developed by school districts as a central hub for school-related info, like lunch menus, sporting activities and event calendars, typically have mixed audiences of parents and kids, many of whom are under the age of 13. The apps are utility apps, rather than apps to facilitate remote learning.
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Health Care Access and Improvement
Elimination of $500,000 for start-up funding for FQHCs.
Addition of $500,000 in start-up grants for FQHCs in Jeff Davis and Marion counties.
Healthcare Facility Regulation
Addition of $7,454,466 to support strategic measures for stabilizing staffing in the nursing home program.
Medicaid - Aged, Blind, and Disabled
Reduction of $74,646,745 in State funds to reflect savings from the temporary FMAP increase through September 30, 2021.
Addition of $25,328,540 to provide a 10% rate increase for home and community-based service providers.
Addition of $11,932,550 to provide a 2% rate increase for skilled nursing centers.
Addition of $3,470,204 for skilled nursing centers to update the general and professional liability, property insurance, and property tax pass-through rate components to current costs.