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OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. -
Governor Kevin Stitt made big changes to Oklahoma’s quarantine guidelines for students, with the goal of keeping more kids in the classroom, but other state leaders have voiced their concerns.
The changes come as the state surpasses 2,800 total deaths with the state reporting 29 new virus-related deaths Tuesday.
State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister is critical of the governor s new guidelines, saying that while she agrees in-person school is critical, COVID-19 is still rampant in the state. The ramifications of the pandemic on education have been challenging and severe. While this option underscores the need for mask requirements in school, I cannot in good conscience support ignoring quarantine guidelines from the CDC and other infectious disease experts. There is no doubt we all want our students and teachers to be safely in the classroom, but COVID is raging in Oklahoma. In-person instruction is critical, and so is mitigating the
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Dick Pryor: This is Capitol Insider, your weekly look inside Oklahoma politics, policy and government. I m Dick Pryor with eCapitol news director Shawn Ashley. Shawn, Governor Kevin Stitt has extended his COVID-19 emergency executive order for another thirty days. That goes through February 12th. There is one change from the current order regarding bars and restaurants. What does the new order do?
Shawn Ashley: Well, the new order does not include the 11 p.m. curfew for in-person service at bars and restaurants, although it does keep in place the social distancing requirements and the barrier requirements that were in the executive order. For the most part, the order is very much like what we ve seen for several months now, and much of it relates to government operations, expedited licensing for medical professionals and an easing of purchasing requirements, particularly for PPE and things like that.
Governor Makes Major Changes To School Quarantine Rules, Education Leaders Concerned
Governor Kevin Stitt made big changes to Oklahoma’s quarantine guidelines for students, with the goal of keeping more kids in the classroom, but other state leaders have voiced their concerns.
The changes come as the state surpasses 2,800 total deaths with the state reporting 29 new virus-related deaths Tuesday.
State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister is critical of the governor s new guidelines, saying that while she agrees in-person school is critical, COVID-19 is still rampant in the state. The ramifications of the pandemic on education have been challenging and severe. While this option underscores the need for mask requirements in school, I cannot in good conscience support ignoring quarantine guidelines from the CDC and other infectious disease experts. There is no doubt we all want our students and teachers to be safely in the classroom, but COVID is raging in Oklahoma. In-person instructio
State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister on Monday presented a more than $3 billion budget request for Oklahoma’s public schools to members of the state Senate.