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Alabama
Montgomery: After COVID-19 disrupted two school years, lawmakers on Monday voted to delay an upcoming state requirement for third graders to pass a reading test before moving up to the fourth grade. The House of Representatives voted 68-27 for the bill by Sen. Rodger Smitherman, D-Birmingham, that would delay the promotion requirement, now set to take effect next year, by two years. The bill now goes to Gov. Kay Ivey. The high-stakes promotion requirement is set to take effect at the end of the 2021-2022 school year, but supporters argued it would be unfair to force the requirement on students who were out of the traditional classroom for long stretches during the pandemic. The bill would move the implementation to the 2023-2024 school year. “These kids have had 14 months of not normal schooling. All they are asking for is a little c
Before Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf issued guidance for fall 2020 school reopenings, teachers unions in the state met with members of Wolf’s administration.
According to a report by Broad + Liberty, top aides in the Wolf administration met twice with the Pennsylvania State Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), as well as members of unions. Wolf’s chief of staff Mark Brunelle and deputy chief of staff Eric Hagarty were in attendance at the meetings, which took place on July 31 and Aug. 7 and were titled “Re: School Reopening.”
Only three days after the second meeting, Wolf issued guidance on Aug. 10 that caused school districts throughout the state to conduct online schooling.
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HARRISBURG The president of Pennsylvania’s largest teachers union expressed support Monday for in-person instruction in the fall, calling it a “top priority” now that many teachers have been vaccinated and older children have become eligible for the covid-19 shot.
“As more students are vaccinated over the summer, we believe that in-person instruction is achievable in a way that keeps everyone safe,” said Rich Askey, president of the Pennsylvania State Education Association, which represents 178,000 active and retired educators, health care workers and others.