As educational institutions struggle with how to reopen safely amid rising COVID-19 cases, the New York administration has withheld at least $324 million in funding to 700 school districts.
The Cuomo administration cited declining state revenues amid the Coronavirus outbreak and the state’s economic problems triggered by the deadly contagion for this move.
Meanwhile, classifying teachers as essential workers during this unprecedented pandemic, the Trump administration is pressing schools nationwide to bring students back to classes.
