The House Select Committee on the Coronavirus Crisis asked the Secretary of Education Betsy DeVosElizabeth (Betsy) Dee DeVosTexas officials offer schools the option to offer classes online only until November. The Coronavirus committee demands that DeVos clarify the threat of cutting funds from schools. Fear not: the lies of the …
Read More »Atlantic 10 Conference Postpones Fall Sports, May Shift To Spring
The Atlantic 10 Conference is postponing its entire fall sports calendar due to the coronavirus pandemic, the league announced Friday. Men’s and women’s soccer, field hockey, men’s and women’s cross country and volleyball are affected, while fall schedules for men’s golf, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s swimming and …
Read More »California says schools can’t reopen in ‘watch list’ counties
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced Friday that schools in all 32 counties on the state’s “watch list” could not reopen in the fall unless they remain off the list for two weeks in a row. Thirty-two of the state’s 58 counties are on the watch list due to increasing cases …
Read More »ACC, Big 12, SEC working to save non-conference games
Football games outside of the conference have not been ruled out this fall at three Power 5 conferences. In fact, three Power 5 conferences are actively trying to preserve their 14 out-of-conference games between ACC, Big 12 and SEC after Big Ten and Pac-12 last week opted to cancel all …
Read More »Republican Senate Party Proposes Five-Year Protection Against Coronavirus Lawsuits
Senate Republicans are preparing to offer a five-year shield against coronavirus lawsuits as part of an upcoming relief proposal. The proposal would be retroactive from December 2019 to 2024, or the end of an emergency declaration issued by the Department of Health and Human Services if that is later, according …
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