Mandate the Opening of CA Schools Full-Time
California is dead last when it comes to in-person learning and our social contact with educators has been broken. We are calling on Governor Newsom and our state legislature to mandate all K-12 schools in counties with Covid-19 case rates less than 14.2 per 100,000 residents offer full-time, in-person education to all students within two weeks; where full-time is defined as at least 180 daily minutes for Kindergarten, 230 daily minutes for grades 1 to 3, and 240 daily minutes for grades 4 to 12, or as otherwise outlined in section 43501 of SB 98.
Teachers have been vaccinated against Covid-19 ahead of those in their 50’s and 60’s or with underlying health conditions. Many high need individuals have had to wait months longer while healthy teachers in their 20’s and 30’s were vaccinated.
Our government has provided unprecedented amounts of funding to California schools. AB 86 provided them with $6.6 billion and the recent federal relief bill provided $15.3 billion. In total, with CARES money, schools got $33 billion, or an extra 40% of this year’s budget.
Covid-19 cases are at exceptional lows with almost all counties out of the purple tier. The CDC and CDPH now state with universal masking, students can safely be in the classroom 3 ft. apart. This updated guidance, coupled with low case rates, allows every school in California to fully open.
Despite these actions, school boards across this state have voted on plans that bring kids back for only 4-8 hours a week, often in concurrent models that don’t work well. Many districts plan to not come back until there are just few weeks of schools left. Some schools refuse to reopen at all this year. Please use this campign portal to email and call both Govenor Newsom and your state represenatives to order schools to open full-time. It is safe to return to class as millions of other students have done across our county.
Please, our kids can’t wait any longer.
Mandate the Opening of CA Schools Full-Time
California is dead last when it comes to in-person learning and our social contact with educators has been broken. We are calling on Governor Newsom and our state legislature to mandate all K-12 schools in counties with Covid-19 case rates less than 14.2 per 100,000 residents offer full-time, in-person education to all students within two weeks; where full-time is defined as at least 180 daily minutes for Kindergarten, 230 daily minutes for grades 1 to 3, and 240 daily minutes for grades 4 to 12, or as otherwise outlined in section 43501 of SB 98.
Teachers have been vaccinated against Covid-19 ahead of those in their 50’s and 60’s or with underlying health conditions. Many high need individuals have had to wait months longer while healthy teachers in their 20’s and 30’s were vaccinated.
Our government has provided unprecedented amounts of funding to California schools. AB 86 provided them with $6.6 billion and the recent federal relief bill provided $15.3 billion. In total, with CARES money, schools got $33 billion, or an extra 40% of this year’s budget.
Covid-19 cases are at exceptional lows with almost all counties out of the purple tier. The CDC and CDPH now state with universal masking, students can safely be in the classroom 3 ft. apart. This updated guidance, coupled with low case rates, allows every school in California to fully open.
Despite these actions, school boards across this state have voted on plans that bring kids back for only 4-8 hours a week, often in concurrent models that don’t work well. Many districts plan to not come back until there are just few weeks of schools left. Some schools refuse to reopen at all this year. Please use this campign portal to email and call both Govenor Newsom and your state represenatives to order schools to open full-time. It is safe to return to class as millions of other students have done across our county.
Please, our kids can’t wait any longer.