GOP senators probe 'close coordination' between Biden administration, teachers unions on school reopenings
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A group of GOP senators is demanding answers from the Biden administration on how powerful teachers unions may have influenced school reopening guidelines as coronavirus cases declined.
They point to recently uncovered emails between the CDC and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA) that show union officials were involved in the development of the new school guidelines released on Feb. 12. "Recently released emails show close coordination between the CDC and teachers unions on the language of school reopening guidance," the senators wrote Wednesday in a letter to the leaders of the CDC and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). "Political interference from administration-friendly special interest groups that is divorced from science harms children who have been lacking in-person instruction for prolonged periods of time." Republican Sens. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Rand Paul of Kentucky, James Lankford of Oklahoma, Rick Scott of Florida and Josh Hawley of Missouri joined together on the letter, which was first reported by the Daily Caller. They are asking CDC Director Rochelle Walensky and HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra for further details about communications with the AFT and NEA on the school guidelines.More Related News