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Montana Relaxes In-Person Learning Requirements For Schools

Bullock says Friday’s directive is designed to give schools flexibility in how they balance remote learning with in-person learning
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Bullock says Friday’s directive is designed to give schools flexibility in how they balance remote learning with in-person learning

The Montana Governor’s office issued a directive today relaxing in-person learning requirements for all students facing the beginning of the school year amid coronavirus concern.

Governor Steve Bullock’s directive expands the option of remote learning to students who live outside the districts where they attend school.

It waives the law that requires those students to attend classes in-person and enables remote learning for children who live in the same county as the school district or in a neighboring school district.

In April, the state announced a phased reopening that permits in-classroom learning for the school year.

Bullock says Friday’s directive is designed to give schools flexibility in how they balance remote learning with in-person learning. School districts may decide whether students return for in-person instruction, virtual learning and a hybrid of the two.

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Kayla Desroches reports for Yellowstone Public Radio in Billings. She was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and stayed in the city for college, where she hosted a radio show that featured serialized dramas like the Shadow and Suspense. In her pathway to full employment, she interned at WNYC in New York City and KTOO in Juneau, Alaska. She then spent a few years on the island of Kodiak, Alaska, where she transitioned from reporter to news director before moving to Montana.
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