Teachers required to receive at least one dose of the vaccine or be placed on unpaid leave.
is mandating vaccines without providing a"test-out" option for those city workers. Educators who receive the vaccine after Monday are allowed to return and teach, but those who do not"will be barred from entering schools and placed on unpaid leave, with health insurance, for a year." As of Friday,"about 500 employees had been granted religious or medical exemptions."on Friday that schools will be bringing in substitute teachers to cover for the other employees.
"We have thousands and thousands of high-quality substitute teachers.… They're vaccinated. They're ready. They're really pumped up to have the opportunity to serve. And we are not going to have a shortage," he said. However, Mark Cannizzaro, president of the Council of Schools Supervisors and Administrators, told NPR Monday that"some principals were having difficulty finding enough staff to replace unvaccinated workers."
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is mandating vaccines without providing a"test-out" option for those city workers. Above, a medical staff member prepares a syringe with a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the Jewish Community Center on April 16, in the Staten Island borough of New York City.Meanwhile, a group of teachers and other school employees asked the U.S.
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