Teachers unions back proposed delay of return to classroom
March 15, 2021
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BOSTON (AP) The leaders of three Massachusetts teachers unions are supporting emergency legislation filed by state lawmakers that would require the state s education commissioner to give school districts more time to prepare for the return of elementary school students to full-time, in-person lessons.
The Massachusetts Teachers Association, the American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts, and the Boston Teachers Union said the legislation would allow more school workers to get a vaccine before returning, The Boston Globe reported.
Teachers and other school workers became vaccine eligible last week.
State Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley has ordered school districts to return pre-kindergarten through fifth-grade students to classrooms for full-time instruction by April 5. Middle schoolers are scheduled to return April 28.
The leaders of three Massachusetts teachers unions are supporting emergency legislation filed by state lawmakers that would require the state’s education.
The leaders of three Massachusetts teachers unions are supporting emergency legislation filed by state lawmakers that would require the state’s education.
BOSTON (AP) The leaders of three Massachusetts teachers unions are supporting emergency legislation filed by state lawmakers that would require the state s education commissioner to give school districts more