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West Michigan schools no longer have to quarantine students identified as close COVID-19 contacts
Updated May 07, 2021;
Posted May 07, 2021
Desks are set up within social distancing and COVID-19 protocols Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 at McMonagle Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township. (Jake May | MLive.com)Jake May | MLive.com
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI - West Michigan health officials will no longer require K-12 schools to quarantine students if they are identified as “close contacts” to positive COVID-19 cases.
This is a huge change to regulations superintendents say have disrupted in-person learning for thousands of students throughout the school year.
A joint statement from the Kent, Muskegon, Ottawa and Ionia county health departments on Friday, May 7, announced the health departments will no longer issue countywide orders requiring schools to comply with state quarantine guidelines.
Gov. Whitmer announces tuition-free community college through Michigan Reconnect program
Residents 25 and older without a degree are eligible
and last updated 2021-02-20 18:26:04-05
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich â Governor Whitmer announced a new $30 million program to remove at least one barrier for continued education.
The Michigan Reconnect program covers the cost of community college for those 25 and older who donât already have a degree.
In a virtual press conference Tuesday, Governor Whitmer said, âThis is the largest effort in state history to ensure that 4.1 million Michiganders who are 25 or older and who donât have a college degree, will now have the opportunity to earn a tuition-free associate degree or skills certificate from their local community college.â