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    Connecticut allocates $150 million in grants for upgrading HVAC in schools

    Sept. 15, 2022
    The funding will supplement $165 million that schools in the state have committed for air quality improvements since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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    Biden administration announces $500 million grant program to boost energy efficiency in public schools

    April 4, 2022
    The Action Plan for Building Better School Infrastructure will award funds to school systems so they can make their facilities more energy efficient.
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    Principal at Catholic school in Chicago suburbs is fired for defying Archdiocese's mask mandate

    Feb. 17, 2022
    The pastor at Queen of Martyrs parish in Evergreen Park, Ill., said that Jacob “Doc” Mathius has been removed as school principal
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    Proposal in Illinois would enable only vaccinated school employees to use paid leave for Covid-related absences

    Jan. 26, 2022
    Employees at K-12 schools, universities, colleges who are fully vaccinated will be able to use paid administrative leave if they have contracted Covid or if they were a close ...
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    Seven school districts in Virginia sue governor over his order making masks in schools optional

    Jan. 25, 2022
    The school boards argue that the executive order usurps their local control

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    New York teacher faces charges after allegedly giving teen Covid-19 vaccine without parents' consent

    Jan. 5, 2022
    Laura Parker Russo, 54, a biology teacher at a high school in New Hyde Park, N.Y., has been charged with unauthorized practice of a profession.
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    About 1,500 Boston school employees call in sick after holiday break

    Jan. 5, 2022
    461 teachers, about 1,000 staff members, and 52 bus drivers called in with an illness.
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    Stricter testing in New York City aims to keep asymptomatic Covid-exposed students in school

    Dec. 31, 2021
    The "Stay Safe and Stay Open" policy will take effect on Jan. 3 when students return from winter break.
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    Amid surge of Covid cases, Chicago school system buys 100,000 laptops

    Dec. 24, 2021
    District officials say the devices will enable more students to switch to remote instruction, if that becomes necessary.