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https://www.chalkbeat.org/2021/9/9/22665407/biden-vaccine-mandates-covid-
testing-schools
Biden calls for mandating vaccines for teachers, more testing in schools —
but his authority is limited
By Matt Barnum and Kalyn Belsha Updated Sep 9, 2021, 5:45pm EDT
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President Biden speaks at a podium marked with the presidential seal, with
an ornate candelabra behind him.
President Biden called on schools to set up COVID testing programs and
mandate vaccines for staff. Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images
As the delta variant continues to complicate the start of the new school
year, President Biden called on states to require school staff get
vaccinated and for public schools to regularly test students and staff for
COVID.
“We know that if schools follow the science, and implement the safety
measures like testing, masking, adequate ventilation systems, social
distancing, and vaccinations, then children can be safe from COVID-19 in
schools,” Biden said in a speech Thursday in which he outlined several
steps to quell the virus.
The administration also said staff who work in Head Start programs and in
schools run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Department of Defense will
be required to be vaccinated. That represents a small fraction of the nation
’s school staff— some 300,000 people — but shows the federal government
is willing to use the limited power it does have to ensure some school staff
are vaccinated.
Biden continues to position schools as a crucial part of his agenda to
bolster the economy and limit the spread of the virus. He said “keeping our
children safe and our schools open” was perhaps the most important part of
his plan. But that plan also illustrates the limited tools the federal
government has to dictate what local schools do.
Presently, school district COVID testing policies vary widely. In a survey
of policies among 100 large urban school districts, nearly half do not
regularly test staff or students. Others, though, had frequent testing of
both.
Vaccination policies also vary widely with a small but growing number of
states and districts requiring shots for staff. In many other cases,
districts do not require vaccines for staff and in some states, schools are
barred from doing so.
Meanwhile, the delta variant has already upended the start of the school
year for many schools and students. COVID rates among children — who aren’
t eligible for the vaccine until they turn 12 — have spiked in recent weeks
, although hospitalization is still relatively rare. In some parts of the
country, large swaths of students have missed school because they contracted
COVID-19 or were exposed to it. Schools have struggled to provide them with
continuous instruction.
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In its plan, the White House said that with frequent testing “schools will
better be able to remain open for in-person learning and maintain the health
and safety of all students, staff, and families.”
COVID testing in schools can help catch infections early and lower the risk
of in-school transmission by keeping infecting individuals out of schools,
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. Testing can also help
families feel more secure about sending their children to school in person.
But how often to test and whether tests should be required has been a point
of contention in some districts. In Chicago, for example, students will be
offered voluntary COVID tests weekly, though the teachers union wanted
testing to be mandatory. But there have been delays in setting up the
testing program.
In New York City, schools plan to test 10% of unvaccinated students every
other week. But families have to give their consent, and some parents don’t
support testing students because they fear it will result in the detection
of more positive cases and school closures.
Back in March, federal officials set aside $10 billion to help school
districts set up and pay for COVID testing programs. But even with funding,
testing programs can be logistically challenging to start. Districts that
want to test on site instead of in a lab have to obtain special
certification, work closely with public health officials, and comply with
privacy laws. School officials may have to train staff to administer tests
and get buy-in from families and staff.
“Some people felt like [testing] was ‘Big Brother’ at first,” a school
official in Aurora, Colorado told researchers who examined various testing
policies. “But once people saw it was easy, they were getting results back
quickly, that eased their concerns.”
Even the CDC has said that “the benefits of school-based testing need to be
weighed against the costs, inconvenience, and feasibility of such programs
to both schools and families.” One downside: false positives can lead to
unnecessary exclusion from school.
“The reality is that testing is not what it could be,” said Noelle
Ellerson Ng, advocacy director at AASA, the school superintendents
association. “There are multiple reasons why testing is not more widely
used, from supply, access and cost to logistics, consent and staffing.”
One illustration of that is in Colorado. The state has set aside $173
million for free weekly testing of students and staff in K-12 schools and
even offered financial incentives to students who participate. But so far,
less than a quarter of public and private schools have signed onto the free
program.
Denver Public Schools leaders have noted that testing presents logistical
issues ranging from staffing to getting parental consent. District leaders
said they’ve been advised by public health authorities to use the city’s
free testing sites that exist outside of schools instead. “Doctors continue
to recommend that is the best testing strategy we can put in place,” said
Jessica Ridgway, a Denver schools official.
Some districts may be open to adding testing to help keep more kids in
school. In recent weeks, some districts have begun administering rapid COVID
tests as an alternative to quarantining students who’ve been exposed to
the virus. And some states have had success in boosting testing. In Illinois
, some 45% of schools are participating in the state’s free COVID testing
program.
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Meanwhile, Biden also called for more districts to require staff to get
vaccinated. Public health experts say that widespread vaccination is the
best way to reduce the spread of the virus. The vaccines substantially
reduce an individual’s chances of contracting, spreading, and becoming
seriously ill from COVID-19.
The federal government issued its own vaccine requirements for schools that
it controls. But outside of these schools it’s not clear to what extent
Biden’s encouragement will make a difference. On Thursday afternoon the
White House provided little information on how it would turn this aspiration
into reality, framing the announcement as a friendly request. “The
President is asking more states to join in requiring the vaccine for school
employees to make sure we are keeping students safe,” a White House
document says.
Throughout the pandemic the federal government has struggled to exert
authority over state and local school officials, starting with the Trump
administration’s effort to get schools to open their buildings last fall.
On the vaccine front, the country’s teachers unions — whose national
affiliates are allies of the Biden administration — have held a patchwork
of views on vaccine mandates for their members. American Federation of
Teachers President Randi Weingarten publicly embraced the idea, while
National Education Association president Becky Pringle has backed requiring
either a vaccine or weekly testing. But some local unions have resisted
vaccine requirements or fought with school officials over details.
For example, New York City and its teachers union, AFT’s largest local, are
still finalizing a vaccine mandate policy, and have clashed over what
should happen to staff who refuse to get the vaccine.
It’s not clear precisely what share of the nation’s public school staff
remains unvaccinated, although it’s likely a sizable minority.
The Biden administration did not mention vaccine mandates for schoolchildren
. (Los Angeles appears poised to become the first major district to require
eligible students to get vaccinated to attend school in person.) But the
administration did say it will work to provide resources to the Food and
Drug Administration to support the swift review and approval of a vaccine
for children under 12. And in his speech Biden encouraged vaccines for those
eligible. “Parents, please get your teenager vaccinated,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Biden administration is in the midst of a pressure campaign
against states that ban mask mandates, although it’s unclear how successful
this will be. On Thursday the administration doubled down. The Department
of Education announced a new grant program to backfill any money that school
districts lose from their states because they issue mask mandates. The
White House also said the department should continue to use its “full legal
authority” to press states to allow for mask requirements.
“If these governors won’t help us beat the pandemic,” Biden said of state
leaders who’ve tried to ban school mask mandates, “I’ll use my power as
president to get them out of the way.”
Melanie Asmar, Cassie Walker Burke, Erica Meltzer, Samantha Smylie, and Amy
Zimmer contributed reporting.
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https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-health-pandemics-coronavirus-
pandemic-c4db6f7f3f63d0083581ac9eeb576077
Biden presses states to require vaccines for all teachers
Hoping to prevent another school year from being upended by the pandemic,
President Joe Biden visited a Washington middle school Friday to push his
new COVID plan, accusing some Republican governors of being “cavalier”
with the health of children.
Biden’s plan, announced a day earlier, would require vaccinations for up to
100 million Americans and seek to ramp up virus testing. With those
measures in place, he said, schools should present little risk for
transmission of the coronavirus.
“I want folks to know that we’re going to be OK,” Biden said during an
appearance at Brookland Middle School, a short drive from the White House.
“We know what it takes to keep our kids safe and our schools open.”
But as the surging COVID-19 delta variant casts uncertainty over the start
of a new school year — in some cases prompting schools to shut down after a
few days — it’s unclear whether Biden’s plan will go far enough to
prevent mass disruption. Biden has little direct authority over most schools
, which are generally governed at the local level, and his plan faces sharp
resistance from Republicans.
Under his expanded vaccine mandate, all employers with more than 100 workers
must require them to get shots or test for the virus weekly. A separate
provision requires vaccines for workers in Head Start programs and at
schools operated by the federal government, affecting about 300,000 workers.
The plan does not explicitly require vaccines for teachers in locally
governed schools, but some education leaders believe the employer rule will
effectively amount to a teacher vaccine requirement in many states.
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That part of the plan is being enacted through a forthcoming rule from the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration. And in states with OSHA plans
, teachers will be among those required to get the vaccine or face testing,
according to an interpretation by AASA, an association of school
superintendents.
It’s expected to apply to 26 states, including several with Republican
governors who opposed Biden’s plan, such as South Carolina, Tennessee and
Arizona.
Biden did not address that aspect of his plan on Friday. Instead, he urged
states to issue their own vaccine requirements for school workers.
“About 90% of school staff and teachers are vaccinated — we should have
that at 100%,” Biden said. “I’m calling on all of the governors to
require vaccination for all teachers and staff.”
Governors in a few states have already ordered teachers to get vaccinated,
including in California, Oregon, New Jersey and New York. But most leave it
up to school districts, and some Republican-led states have barred vaccine
mandates.
Biden on Friday rebuked Republican governors who vowed to fight his new
rules.
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“I am so disappointed that, particularly, some Republican governors have
been so cavalier with the health of these kids, so cavalier with the health
of their communities,” he said. “We’re playing for real here. This isn’t
a game.”
But most of his remarks struck a more conciliatory tone than a Thursday
speech in which Biden vented his own frustrations with those who remain
unvaccinated. He returned to a message of unity on Friday, insisting that “
we’ve got to come together” to beat the virus.
Speaking to students at Brookland, Biden applauded those who had already
been vaccinated. If all of them get shots, Biden promised to invite them to
a special visit at the White House.
He also held up Washington, D.C., as a model. The city has hosted vaccine
clinics at its public schools, and 65% of children age 12 to 17 have gotten
at least their first shot, a rate that Biden said is among the highest in
the nation.
In a plea to America’s families, Biden urged parents to get teenagers and
other eligible children vaccinated as soon as possible. He argued that it’s
no different than standard vaccinations for measles, mumps, rubella and
other diseases.
Among the greatest threats to his plan, however, is the large population of
children who are still too young to get the shot. Most elementary and middle
schools have children below age 12 who have not been approved to receive
the coronavirus vaccines.
Speaking to those concerns, Biden said he supports an “independent”
scientific process to review the shots but he also promised to make them
available to younger children as soon as it’s safe.
“I will do everything within my power to support the Food and Drug
Administration in its efforts to do the science as safely and as quickly as
possible,” he said.
The expanded vaccine mandate does not apply to students, but some districts
have moved to require shots for students. The Los Angeles district this week
became the first major district to enact a mandate for students ages 12 and
up.
In addition to vaccines, Biden’s plan aims to ramp up virus testing in
schools.
Testing policies vary widely by school and state. Some districts regularly
test all students, including in the Los Angeles district, while some forgo
any testing. And for many, it’s getting harder to find testing supplies
amid a nationwide shortage in rapid tests.
As part of the White House plan, the government is working to increase the
supply of virus tests and make them available at retailers including Walmart
and Amazon. Biden said it will lead to 300 million more coronavirus tests,
including some for schools.
“I want all schools setting up regular testing programs to make sure we
detect and isolate cases before they can spread,” Biden said.
The plan drew support from the country’s two largest teachers unions, the
National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers. Both
groups have also endorsed vaccine mandates for all teachers and school
staff.
Other education groups that support the plan include the National School
Boards Association, which said it comes at an “extremely critical time.”
The group said it welcomes Biden’s support even as education leaders face
“threats, abuse and harassment” over their public health measures.
Speaking alongside Biden on Friday, first lady Jill Biden praised educators
as “heroes” for their work over the past year. A longtime community
college professor, the first lady said Americans have a duty to protect
students as they return to the classroom.
“We owe them a promise to keep their schools open as safe as possible,”
she said. “We owe them a commitment to follow the science — we owe them
unity so that we can fight the virus, not each other.”

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: https://www.chalkbeat.org/2021/9/9/22665407/biden-vaccine-mandates-covid-
: testing-schools
: Biden calls for mandating vaccines for teachers, more testing in schools —
: but his authority is limited
: By Matt Barnum and Kalyn Belsha Updated Sep 9, 2021, 5:45pm EDT
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: https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-health-pandemics-coronavirus-
: pandemic-c4db6f7f3f63d0083581ac9eeb576077
: Biden presses states to require vaccines for all teachers
: Hoping to prevent another school year from being upended by the pandemic,
: President Joe Biden visited a Washington middle school Friday to push his
: new COVID plan, accusing some Republican governors of being “cavalier”
: with the health of children.
: Biden’s plan, announced a day earlier, would require vaccinations for up to
: 100 million Americans and seek to ramp up virus testing. With those

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