"Governor Cuomo Announces New Data-Driven Guidance for Reopening Schools"

In today's COVID-19 press conference, Governor Cuomo announced new, data-driven guidance for reopening schools in New York State. Schools in a region can reopen if that region is in Phase IV of reopening and if its daily infection rate remains below 5 percent or lower using a 14-day average since unPAUSE was lifted. Plans to reopen schools will be released by July 31st, with topics ranging from PPE, Social Distancing, Cleaning & Disinfecting and many more important precautions.

Read the full article released by NY State here.

Watch the full press conference here.

Stay up to date on New York State's latest reopening guidance with this resource page created by the New York School-Based Health Alliance.