State Actions
State Actions
State Regulations and Actions
SREB staff are tracking developments in our states. Please contact us if we maybe of service with additional information on state responses related to education and the workforce.
Policies from each state related to school response to disease outbreak. Includes links to state public health office guidance in each state, from ChildTrends
From the National Conference of State Legislatures
- State fiscal responses to coronavirus
- Suspension or postponement of state legislative sessions
- COVID-19 and elections
School closure map from Education Week
Stress testing to help plan for budgetary effects, from Pew Trusts
K-12 Education Recovery Task Force to Serve 16 States
Leaders from 16 states will serve on a new regional Education Recovery Task Force to help states determine the best strategies for reopening K-12 public schools, providing each student with the support they need, and planning for a possible COVID-19 resurgence and future emergencies, the Southern Regional Education Board announced today.
Keep Next Year’s Teachers on Track
Immediate and longer-term policy actions for student-teachers
With colleges and schools closed for COVID-19, state leaders will need to act quickly to keep 60,000 teacher-candidates on track to graduate and enter the workforce in Southern states next year. SREB convened college of education and K-12 leaders from five states to discuss barriers and share ideas, and a new brief recommends short-term policy changes.
Better Together
After weeks of struggling with the
fallout of COVID-19 — working remotely, social distancing,
helping neighbors when we can — I’m quite sure no one needs to be
told that we’re living in “unprecedented times.” That seems clear
enough.
Our teachers are coping with a digital environment that most were not trained for, trying to maintain their focus on equity to be sure every child has a chance at a quality education, meanwhile managing houses and budgets and families and concerns about their health, as we all are. It’s more than anyone was prepared for.