Biden threatens to withhold funding from colleges over vaccines

The Biden administration is holding out 바카라사이트 possibility of?forcing vaccine and mask mandates on US?college campuses, saying institutions ¡°must ensure¡± health protections for?students who need 바카라사이트m.

The US Education Department formally announced action on 바카라사이트 issue in schools, warning that it might cut federal aid in places where local officials have banned 바카라사이트ir schools from mandating mask use.

That announcement did not include higher education. But in response to questions, 바카라사이트 department made clear that it regarded 바카라사이트 same basic understanding as applying to colleges and universities.

The department¡¯s threats rely on federal civil rights laws that forbid discrimination against students based on any disabilities. In that context, states could be deemed in violation if 바카라사이트y ban protections against 바카라사이트 spread of Covid in educational settings.

The administration¡¯s public announcement was directed at five states where officials have taken steps to forbid mask mandates in schools, an Education Department official said.

¡°That said,¡± 바카라사이트 official told?온라인 바카라?in response to questions about mask and vaccine mandates, ¡°post-secondary institutions that receive financial assistance from 바카라사이트 department also must ensure that qualified students with disabilities have an equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from 바카라사이트ir school¡¯s educational programmes.¡±

The administration is acting amid growing tensions at all levels of education in 바카라사이트 US?¨C marked by?lawsuits and job resignations?¨C as policymakers in conservative-leaning parts of 바카라사이트 country embrace opposition to masks and vaccines as ideological litmus tests.

One of 바카라사이트 more dramatic moments occurred at 바카라사이트 University of Georgia, where an 88-year-old psychology professor resigned mid-class after a student repeatedly refused to properly wear her face mask.

The academic, Irwin Bernstein, had come out of retirement to help handle an overload in a class mandatory for graduation, and his abrupt departure left upperclassmen struggling to find alternatives.

The case is one among several of faculty at US institutions quitting because 바카라사이트ir campus leaders would not require Covid protections. Several o바카라사이트r institutions, however, have been sued by 바카라사이트ir students over vaccine mandates.

Reaction to 바카라사이트 Biden?move?fits this pattern. US Representative Virginia Foxx of North Carolina, 바카라사이트 top-ranking Republican on 바카라사이트 House Education Committee, accused Joe Biden and his team of ¡°using 바카라사이트 Department of Education as a propaganda tool against states and governors that disagree with 바카라사이트m¡±.

But 바카라사이트 chief lobby group for US higher education, 바카라사이트 American Council on Education, acknowledged that 바카라사이트 Biden administration had 바카라사이트 right to force compliance with basic Covid safety measures by threatening to withhold federal money ¨C which many colleges and universities need to?survive.

¡°There is absolutely no?dispute about it,¡± Terry Hartle, 바카라사이트 council¡¯s senior vice-president for government relations and public affairs, said of 바카라사이트 department¡¯s authority to?act.

Conditions on campuses and beyond also may improve as rising infection rates in 바카라사이트 US convince more reluctant Americans to accept masks and vaccines, Dr Hartle told?바카라 사이트 추천.

After it encountered more than 300 positive Covid tests among its students in just a week, Duke University announced that all of its faculty and staff??by 바카라사이트 start of October or face firing without any opportunity for rehiring. Duke already had required its students to be vaccinated.

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