Kansas school districts should continue to teach students for the rest of the academic year, but it is up to them to come up with their own plans on how to carry that out, a state task force announced Thursday.
Districts can teach by remote learning, sending home packets or even conducting some small in-person classes, the task force said. State graduation requirements will not change, but districts with higher standards may wish to lower them this year.
On Tuesday, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly ordered all public and private schools in the state to close for the remainder of the academic year as a way to combat the spread of the new coronavirus. A task force of about 45 educators was asked to come up with flexible guidelines.
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