Updated Guidance from the CDC on In-Person Learning

Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released updated guidance on the safe reopening of K-12 schools (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/operation-strategy.html). Last month, I blogged about the CDC’s Operational Strategy for K-12 Schools. Today’s guidance presents certain updates to the previous report. For example, physical distancing recommendations have been revised from a minimum of six feet to a minimum of three feet in elementary schools, no matter the rate of community transmission. The recommendation for middle schools and high schools is now also three feet, unless community transmission is high, in wihch case, the recommendation is to maintain six feet of physical distance in middle and high schools. The CDC’s summary of its recent changes includes the removal of recommendations for physical barriers.

Today’s updated public health guidance should have implications on school districts’ current Covid-19 policies for in-person learning, blended learning, cohorting, and building closures. If you’re a parent wondering when your child will be back in school full-time, you are not alone. Many students have struggled with the transition to remote learning or hybrid learning.

For more information about your child’s special education rights during the pandemic, book a consultation on my website, https://www.msrlegal.org/book-your-consultation . Continue to follow us on Instagram @MSRLegalConsulting and Twitter @MSRLegalOroma where I’ll be closely following this topic of school reopenings for children with disabilities.

Have a great weekend,

Oroma

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