California Leaders Reach Deal to Reopen Schools - CA Health and Government COVID-19 Guidance: Week in Review

On Monday, March 1, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced an agreement on a $6.6 billion budget package aimed to “accelerate the safe return to in-person instruction across California and empower schools to immediately expand academic, mental health and social-emotional supports, including over the summer.” The deal does not address funding for private schools. Likewise, the proposed legislation does not require schools to reopen, and will leave the final decisions to individual...
By: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP