State education leaders set to announce plans after federal COVID paid leave expires
VIDEO: State education leaders set to announce plans after federal COVID paid leave expires By Kaitlin Stansell | January 6, 2021 at 9:07 PM EST - Updated January 6 at 11:42 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Federal provisions to help pay employees, including teachers, while they quarantined due to COVID exposure or sickness expired at the end of the year, and educators are anxious to hear how school districts and state leaders will handle these situations moving forward.
“Without access to paid leave, means that teachers are either going to have to draw down their sick leave balance or their personal leave balance or in many cases, especially for our early career teachers…they could be looking at days without pay,” said Patrick Kelly, with the Palmetto State Teachers Association.
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Educators across South Carolina are reaching their breaking point, whether it be from exhaustion or their district s handling of the virus. But amid teacher protests and warnings of another holiday spike in cases following Christmas and New Yearâs Eve, some districts have modified their plans. File/Andrew J. Whitaker/Staff By Andrew J. Whitaker awhitaker@postandcourier.com
As coronavirus cases reach record levels in South Carolina, conversations surrounding how schools should operate during the pandemic have gained renewed momentum from lawmakers, educators, parents and students.
The issue has become one of the most polarizing topics in the state, sparking heated debates during school board meetings and on social media.
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