The United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) has condemned California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to reopen schools for in-person instruction, calling it “a recipe for propagating structural racism.” Newsom announced on Sunday that he has reached a deal with state legislators to set aside $2 billion in grants to help school districts cover the expenses associated with bringing students back to classrooms safely. Some major districts, such as the 600,000-student Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), has kept classrooms closed since last March when the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus outbreak hit California. Under the deal, school districts in “red tier” counties, with seven or fewer new daily cases of CCP virus infection per 100,000 residents, must open elementary schools and at least one grade in middle or high school for in-person learning in order to access all available funds. For the most restrictive “purple tier” counties, school districts would …
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