New York State's Department of Education has now done what the state's Department or Health decided not to do: issue guidance for schools to return in-person in September. The new comes as districts are scrambling to set policy by interpreting CDC guidelines which were issued on August 1.
According to Betty Rosa, the head of the NYSED, they were forced to develop guidance because the state health department and Governor Cuomo's office did not.
As children fill their school backpacks with new crayons, markers and notebooks, Sen. Charles Schumer is urging federal officials to take immediate steps to protect kids from potentially harmful chemicals in their classroom supplies.