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New COVID policy lets parents decide if kids stay in school

New COVID policy lets parents decide if kids stay in school
New COVID policy lets parents decide if kids stay in school
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Parish school districts now have a choice in the way they deal with COVID.

Public school students can stay in class even if they have close contact with someone with a positive COVID test.


State School Superintendent Cade Brumley issued the policy change earlier today.

The choice to keep a student in school or make them quarantine at home is now in the hands of the parent.

According to the new rule kids can stay and get a free COVID test if the parent decides so.

Brumley says the previous stance was damaging to a students learning and cites instances where students were sent home numerous times for weeks at a hand.