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In 2020, school systems in the United States began to close down in March because of the spread of COVID-19. This was a historic event in the history of the United States schooling system because it forced schools to shut-down. At the very peak of school closures, COVID-19 affected 55.1 million students in 124,000 public and private U.S ...
This is the third time students and teachers head back to school during the COVID-19 pandemic, but this time around, due to new CDC guidelines, they can expect a degree of pre-pandemic normalcy.
On March 3, 2020, Placer County declared a public health emergency, following the confirmation of a second coronavirus case in that county. [128] On March 7, 2020, a family in Elk Grove contracted the virus and was quarantined [129] which led to the school district of Elk Grove decision to close down all schools until March 13. [130]
At the beginning of the pandemic to early June 2020, Democratic-led states had higher case rates than Republican-led states, while in the second half of 2020, Republican-led states saw higher case and death rates than states led by Democrats. As of mid-2021, states with tougher policies generally had fewer COVID cases and deaths {needs update}.
On March 6, 2020, the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020, provided $8.3 billion to fight the pandemic. The deal includes over $3 billion for vaccine research and development (as well as therapeutics and diagnostics), $2.2 billion for the CDC, and $950 million for state and local health agencies.
In Alabama, where state-wide school closures as of 18 March have affected over 720,000 students, the state Superintendent announced that staff in schools disproportionately affected by poverty would create meal distribution networks to provide food for students who rely on school lunches.
Child care centers, schools and other settings that work with children have enhanced precautions to slow the spread of infectious diseases over the last two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
State Superintendent of Schools Dr. Karen Salmon announced the closure of all Maryland Public Schools for the remainder of the 2019 - 2020 academic school year. [144] On May 15, effective at 5:00 pm the "stay-at-home" order was lifted and limited non-essential businesses reopened. However, some jurisdictions continued their "stay-at-home ...