Bill Summary for S 37 (2021-2022)

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Feb 1 2021

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Senate Bill 37 (Public) Filed Monday, February 1, 2021
AN ACT TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO IN-PERSON LEARNING FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELVE.
Intro. by Ballard, Lee, Hise.

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Includes whereas clauses. Mandates that all local school administrative units provide the option of in-person instruction to K-12 students of their unit for the remainder of the scheduled 2020-21 school year beginning no later than the first weekday that occurs 15 days following the date the act becomes law. Defines in-person instruction to require lunch service and transportation services. Details criteria for the provision of in-person instruction, including compliance with the Strong Schools NC Public Health Toolkit, as it existed on December 4, 2020, for implementation of Plan A (Minimal Social Distancing) and Plan B (Moderate Social Distancing) as appropriate for reopening. Requires instruction under Plan A to students with an individualized education program or a section 504 plan. Requires the use of Plan A or Plan B for all other students in K-12. Requires inclusion of a remote instruction option for a student's parent or guardian to elect for the remainder of the 2020-21 school year to be available for all students. Grants local boards of education flexibility in school assignments, and day-to-day shifts from in-person instruction to remote instruction due to COVID-19 exposures resulting in insufficient school personnel or required student quarantines. Requires a local board to report any shift by a school or classroom to remote instruction to the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) within 72 hours of the shift.

Encourages local boards to coordinate with local health departments and vaccine providers to facilitate scheduling COVID-19 vaccination events for frontline K-12 school-based employees.