Inslee offers school districts state-funded COVID testing
OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday again urged school districts to resume in-person learning with updated guidelines and a state-sponsored testing program for students and staff.
For months, public health experts have said bringing students back to the classroom — in phased reopenings, with safety measures and a hybrid schedule — has been safer than previously predicted and hasn’t caused an increase in community-wide transmission. Last week, reports from the Snohomish Health District, the state Department of Health and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention all echoed that sentiment.
“We know that in-person instruction is the best way to do instruction, and we know that this can be done safely,” Inslee said during a Tuesday news conference. “This is tremendous news for our state.”
The governor then outlined his “Learn to Return” plan, which aims to accelerate in-person education by offering districts state-funded COVID testing for students and staff, through the nonprofit Health Commons Project.
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