In addition to the change in unemployment benefits and liability protections, Republican legislation is expected to include $ 105 billion for schools and billions of dollars more for testing, contact tracing and vaccine distribution. Some of the education funds would be reserved for elementary and secondary schools that are reopening and taking students to a more traditional setting and in person.
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Frequent questions
Updated July 23, 2020
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What will school be like in September?
- Many schools are unlikely to return to normal hours this fall, requiring the routine of online learning, impromptu child care, and delayed work days to continue. California’s two largest public school districts, Los Angeles and San Diego, said July 13 that instruction will be remote only in the fall, citing concerns that rising coronavirus infections in their areas pose too serious a risk to students and teachers. Together, the two districts enroll about 825,000 students. They are the largest in the country so far to abandon plans for a partial physical return to classrooms when they reopen in August. For other districts, the solution will not be an all-or-nothing approach. Many systems, including the country’s largest New York City, are developing hybrid plans that involve spending a few days in classrooms and other days online. There is no national policy on this yet, so check with your municipal school system regularly to see what’s going on in your community.
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Is the coronavirus in the air?
- Coronavirus can remain in the air for hours in tiny droplets in stagnant air, infecting people as they inhale, growing scientific evidence suggests. This risk is highest in crowded interior spaces with poor ventilation, and may help explain overcast events reported in meat packing plants, churches, and restaurants. It is unclear how often the virus is transmitted through these tiny droplets or sprays, compared to larger droplets that are expelled when a sick person coughs or sneezes, or is transmitted through contact with contaminated surfaces, Linsey said. Marr, Virginia Tech aerosol expert. Aerosols are released even when a symptom-free person exhales, speaks or sings, according to Dr. Marr and more than 200 other experts, who have summarized the evidence in an open letter to the World Organization. Of the health.
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What are the symptoms of coronavirus?
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Does Covid-19 transmit asymptomatic?
- So far, the evidence seems to show that it does. A widely cited article published in April suggests that people are most infectious approximately two days before the onset of coronavirus symptoms, and estimated that 44 percent of new infections were the result of transmission from people who still had no symptoms. Recently, a senior expert at the World Health Organization stated that transmission of the coronavirus by people without symptoms was “very rare,” but later withdrew that claim.
The bill is likely to provide for another round of stimulus checks for American families, though it remains unclear who would be eligible to receive those payments. Larry Kudlow, director of the National Economic Council, said Sunday that the checks would be worth $ 1,200, although he did not detail who would receive them accurately.
However, the biggest stumbling block has been the effort to reduce unemployment insurance benefits. The White House and Republicans in Congress largely agree that the weekly payment of $ 600 set forth in the $ 2.2 billion stimulus bill in addition to the state unemployment payment is too generous, in some cases providing recipients with more money than they received at work, and discourages people from returning to work.
“The original unemployment benefits actually paid people to stay home, and many people actually made more money staying home than they would return to work,” Meadows said Sunday. “So the president has been very clear, our Republican senators have been very clear, we are not going to extend that provision.”
Democrats, who want to extend the current benefit until the end of the year, say the Republicans’ plan would present major technical hurdles and cut funds for Americans when they need it. When Democrats proposed in March to equalize 100 percent of a worker’s previous earnings, Labor Department officials said the outdated state unemployment systems would make it too complicated to execute.
The National Association of State Workforce Agencies also warned Capitol Hill this week that such a significant change to the current program could take months for states to carry out, according to a memorandum obtained by The New York Times. which means it would take even longer for Americans to start receiving benefits again.
While the benefits program will expire in late July, workers in most states are already losing access to expanded unemployment payments. Experts fear further economic turmoil if the program is not restored quickly.
