ERIC Number: ED620898
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 271
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
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Underfunded & Unprepared: Examining How to Overcome Obstacles to Safely Reopen Public Schools. Hearing before the Subcommittee [on] Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, Committee on Education and Labor. U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, Second Session (July 23, 2020). Serial No. 116-61
US House of Representatives
This document records testimony from a hearing before the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education that was held to discuss how to overcome obstacles to safely reopen schools. Member statements were presented by: (1) Honorable Rick W. Allen, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education; and (2) Honorable Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan, Chairman, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Witness statements were presented by: (1) Leslie Boggs, President, National Parent Teacher Association; (2) Mr. Michael Hinojosa, Superintendent, Dallas Independent School District; (3) Dr. Sean O'Leary, Vice Chair, Committee on Infectious Diseases, American Academy of Pediatrics; and (4) Ms. Penny Schwinn, Commissioner of Education, Tennessee Department of Education. Additional submissions were presented by: (1) Honorable Joe Courtney, a Representative in Congress from the State of Connecticut: Article--DeVos's Claim That Children Are Stoppers of COVID-19; (2) Honorable Virginia Foxx, a Representative in Congress from the State of North Carolina: Article--Considerations for Schools Operating Schools; Article--Preparing K-12 School Administrators for a Safe Return to School in Fall 2020; and COVID-19 Planning Considerations Guidance for School Re-entry; (3) Chairman Sablan: Remote Learning Synopsis; A Plan to Safely Reopen America's Schools and Communities; All Hands on Deck: Guidance Regarding Reopening School Buildings; AASA COVID-19 Recovery Task Force Guidelines for Reopening Schools: An Opportunity to Transform Public Education; and COVID-19 Planning Considerations Guidance for School Re-entry; and (4) Honorable Lauren Underwood, a Representative in Congress from the State of Illinois: Statement from the National Association of School Nurses (NASN). Questions for the record were submitted by: (1) Honorable Tim Walberg, a Representative in Congress from the State of Michigan; and (2) Ms. Schwinn, responses to questions submitted for the record.
Descriptors: Hearings, Barriers, School Safety, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Elementary Secondary Education, Planning, Disease Control, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Public Schools, Readiness, Stakeholders, Attitudes, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Equal Education, Budgets, Educational Finance, Health, School Schedules
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Publication Type: Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials; Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: US House of Representatives. Committee on Education and Labor
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act 2020
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A