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Education secretary won't say if schools should listen to CDC guidelines on reopening

WASHINGTON - Education Secretary Betsy DeVos kept up the administration's push to reopen U.S. schools in the fall on Sunday, but failed to embrace any blueprint - including federal health guidelines - for how that could be done safely.

She did not offer any details on how her department would advise or help school districts and states with their reopenings amid a resurgence in coronavirus cases across the country. Asked if schools should follow the recommendations of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which Republican President Donald Trump criticized last week as too stringent, DeVos said every school building is different, as is every population.

"What we heard from the secretary was malfeasance and dereliction of duty," Pelosi said on CNN."Going back to school presents the biggest risk for the spread of the coronavirus. If there are CDC guidelines, they should be requirements."Facing a battered economy as he seeks re-election in November, Trump has pressured states to reopen shuttered businesses and schools.

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