Joe Biden’s plan to reopen schools includes ramping up testing, accelerating the pace of vaccinations and providing more funding for educational institutions.

In addition, a newly formed Covid response team “will work to ensure that testing materials, support for contact tracing, and vaccinations for teachers are equitably provided to support in-person care and learning,” according to the administration.

Under Biden’s plan, schools could tap disaster relief funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for Covid-related expenses, such as personal protective equipment, sanitation, improved ventilation, reconfigured classrooms and upgraded technology.

The president also called on Congress to provide at least $130 billion in dedicated funding to schools and $350 billion in state and local relief funds to help school districts close budget gaps and provide additional resources for reopening. There is no timeline for Congress to take up this request.

Another $35 billion in emergency funds would go toward keeping colleges open.

Read more at NBC Philadelphia.

{Matzav.com}