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

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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

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.

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