Texas Permits Schools to Hold Online Classes Up to First 8 Weeks of School Year

Texas Permits Schools to Hold Online Classes Up to First 8 Weeks of School Year
A person cleans a classroom at Wylie High School, in Wylie, Texas, on July 14, 2020. AP Photo/LM Otero
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Texas on Friday announced that public schools are allowed to “temporarily limit access to on-campus instruction” for up to the first 8 weeks of the school year.

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) on Friday announced an update to its public health planning guidance (pdf) for the 2020-21 academic year, saying that school systems can hold online-only instruction for the first 4 weeks of school and can continue to do so for another 4 weeks, if needed, with a board-approved waiver request to the agency.