Phil Ting

The decisions to reopen, however, still rest with school officials and labor unions. Newsom hopes the funding bill will prod them into holding in-person classes. Parent activists say it's not enough.

Las decisiones de reabrir, sin embargo, aún recaen en los funcionarios escolares y los sindicatos. Newsom espera que el proyecto de ley de financiación los impulse a realizar clases en persona. Los padres activistas dicen que no es suficiente.

Good morning, California. It’s Tuesday, February 23. School reopenings stubborn Every piece of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s high-priority pandemic proposals has fallen into place — except for reopening schools. Lawmakers on Monday sent a $7.6 billion relief package to Newsom’s desk, which includes $600 stimulus payments for 5.7 million low-income Californians, $2 billion in small-business relief […]

Members of the Legislature put forward a bill to require schools to reopen by mid-April and guarantee that teachers get offered a COVID-19 vaccine beforehand. The lawmakers have said they’ll vote on the bill next week without hearings and Gov. Gavin Newsom has signaled that he'll veto it if it reaches him.

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to spend $15 million to develop more degree programs that include free textbooks, taking aim at the “usurious costs” of commercial textbooks today. The state spent $5 million on a similar program in 2016-17.

His strategy seems to echo the mantra of former Gov. Jerry Brown — paddling a little on the left, a little on the right.

Schools would only qualify in counties with lower infection rates. Kindergarten through sixth grade is prioritized in the governor’s $2-billion plan, which would need the Legislature’s approval.

Las escuelas solo calificarían en los condados con tasas de infección más bajas. El jardín de infantes hasta el sexto grado tiene prioridad en el plan de $2 mil millones del gobernador, que necesitaría la aprobación de la Legislatura.

A phalanx of assemblymembers have co-authored a bill that would require schools to at least partially physically reopen next Spring if their county escapes the state’s purple tier.

A pesar de los limitados requisitos de evaluación, las escuelas de California que han reabierto para recibir instrucción en persona han evitado en gran medida los brotes de COVID-19. Aún así, algunos maestros y legisladores dicen que las pruebas de vigilancia a gran escala son necesarias para el resto de las escuelas del estado y que la falta de datos es un problema.