Two Republican lawmakers plan to introduce legislation on Thursday that would cut off federal funding to any school that does not reopen for in-person learning in the fall after being shuttered due to theReps. Jim Banks, R-Ind., and Tom Tiffany, R-Wisc., will introduce the Reopen Our Schools Act Thursday amid concerns over the effectiveness of remote learning that has been implemented since the beginning of the public health crisis earlier this year.
Besides the issues that remote learning causes for students, Banks and Tiffany also argue that keeping students home from schools puts an economic strain of parents who have to, in effect, become their children’s substitute teachers. School lunch programs are also facing a financial burden as they have to now find and deliver free food to each students’ home.“Reopening our schools is the lynchpin to reopening our economy,” Banks said.