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House Republicans on Monday called on Democrats to launch a bipartisan investigation into the impact of school closures on children with disabilities, warning that they are in particular danger of falling behind with remote learning. "We are hearing from parents across the U.S. whose children with disabilities are bearing the greatest burden as schools remain closed," Reps., R-La., James Comer, R-Ky., Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., and Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., wrote in a letter to the Democratic chairs of four House panels first obtained by ABC News.
"Many special needs children benefit from consistent and attentive, in-person instruction. Many special needs children also receive afternoon in-school therapy sessions. The lack of access to these services raises serious concerns about the impact on their mental health," the Republicans wrote.Students file into their classroom at Sun Yat Sen M.S. 131, Feb. 25, 2021, in New York.
With many schools closed for a year now due to the pandemic, the GOP letter was clearly a jab at Democrats and President Joe Biden on what’s become a partisan issue in the pandemic.Previously, the Trump administration insisted that schools should reopen but offered no firm benchmarks or standards on when to open and how to do so safely and never collected data on best practices.
KennethHowardC3 Why would schools be closed?
I have a better idea. An investigation on how insurrections affect Republicans and why they wish they could work remotely so they dont have to show up and watch Dems pass laws they dont like!! Again they are trying to change the subject. Go Merrick Garland! Prosecute their ass!!
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Could it be that the Trump curse is being lifted, and House Republicans are starting to revert to acting like decent human beings?
Children with disabilities that are probably more susceptible to coronavirus? Jeez...they must have one whole brain cell amongst them.
As if the repubs gave a sh1t about kids - they were hell-bent on denying the covid aid bill which included funds for teachers, caregivers, and covid precautions. Then there was devos, the worst ever education secretary, and there non-relenting gun running
If Republicans hadn't spent so long calling Coronavirus a 'hoax' and saying it would just disappear, maybe it could have been contained much earlier, and there wouldn't have needed to be so many school closures.
Lol, oh yes, theyll also ask for a bipartisan inquiry into the importance of unions for wages and bargaining rights. ABC's faux 'both side-ism' is nauseating.
Why did the republicans vote against the COVID relief bill giving money to schools to reopen safely ?
So the other option was to have these kids go to school and possibly be exposed to Covid-19– Seriously, What the hell is the matter with trouble causing, senseless morons, I mean Retrumplican Idiots.
Don't support a bill to actually get kids back to school though.
What about an investigation into the families of over 500,000 people that have lost a loved one from a pandemic that the farmer did nothing about except make it worse and is to blame for most of the deaths
What took so long?
Gosh.. they could have done that at any time last year....
Oh for fuck’s sake....
After the House investigation to what their parties did to lead to 530,000 dead Americans.
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