DeVos would not say whether schools should follow the CDC’s guidance for reopening, either.
In a Sunday interview with CNN, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos repeatedly called for schools to open this fall with full-time, in-person learning, but had few specifics on how that could happen safely, and gave no definitive answer on whether federal funds could be withheld for schools, even though the executive branch lacks the authority to divert the money.State of the Union
, anchor Dana Bash pressed DeVos on what the Education Department was doing to help schools reopen, especially since the Centers for Disease Control“We’re saying kids need to be back in school and school leaders across the country need to be making plans,” DeVos said, adding that the CDC never recommended that schools close down in response to the pandemic.
DeVos would not say whether schools should follow the CDC’s guidance, which includes spacing desks six feet apart and installing plexiglass barriers, among other measures—and which could be impossible for some schools to achieve due to space or financial constraints. DeVos stressed that each state and school district needs to have their own plans for handling virus flare ups, but would not answer whether schools should follow the CDC’s guidance.
Bash also asked whether federal funds could be withheld from schools that fail to reopen for in-person learning, a suggestion DeVos faced backlash for earlier this week, forcing her to
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