107 School Districts Have Not Submitted a Plan for In-Person Learning
Districts That Fail to Meet Friday Deadline Will Be Unable to Provide In-Person Learning This Year
Department of Health Will Notify Districts of the Status of Their Reopening Plans Today
Districts Must Complete the Three to Five Public Sessions with Parents and Teachers and Post Plans for Remote Learning, Testing, Tracing on Their Website by August 21 to Be In Compliance
ALBANY, NY —Â Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a Friday deadline for school districts that have not submitted plans for in-person learning. Currently, 107 school districts have not submitted a plan for in-person learning. Districts that fail to meet the Friday deadline will be unable to provide in-person learning this year.
The State continues to review plans based on set criteria. Districts that are found to be out of compliance will get a letter from the State Department of Health today and a follow-up call naming the sections of their plans that are deficient, in which case they will have until Friday to amend their plan.
“There are 107 school districts that have not submitted their plan – for those 107 school districts, how they didn’t submit a plan is beyond me. If they don’t submit a plan by this Friday, they can’t open,” Governor Cuomo said. “The main arbiter here of whether a school district has an intelligent plan to reopen and whether people have confidence in that district’s plan: It’s going to be the parents and it’s going to be the teachers, and that requires discussion, and that’s going to be a dialogue. Parents don’t have to send their child. The parents are responsible for the health and safety of the child, and they’re not going to send the child if they don’t believe the plan makes sense. A teacher is not going to come back into the classroom if they think the classroom is not safe, and that’s right. The school district has to have that dialogue by the 21st to fully comply with our rules.”
The Governor also reminded districts they must complete the three to five public sessions with parents and teachers and post their plans for remote learning, testing and tracing on their website by August 21st to be in compliance with standards established by the State.
The list of school districts that have not submitted a plan is below:
Carthage
Lyme
Canton
Hammond
Heuvelton
Lisbon
Massena
Potsdam
Camden
Altmar-Parish
Oswego
Oriskany
Utica
Waterville
Lake Pleasant
C-V At Ilion-Mohawk Csd
Van Hornsville
Franklinville
Portville
Salamanca
West Valley
Broadalbin-Perth
Mayfield
Kendall
Argyle
Fort Ann
Hendrick Hudson
Bedford
Garrison
Carle Place
Elmont
Garden City
Lawrence
Locust Valley
Malverne
Manhasset
Mineola
New Hyde Park
Plainedge
Plainview
Syosset
Uniondale
Middletown
Valley-Montgmry
Newark Valley
Spencer Van Etten
George Jr Republic
Brentwood
Brookhaven-Comsewogue Ufsd
Deer Park
Longwood
Middle Country
Mount Sinai
North Babylon
Oysterponds
Remsenburg
Rocky Point
Sachem
Tuckahoe Common
Wainscott
Western Suffolk Boces
Arkport
Bradford
Corning
Hammondsport
Cooperstown
Richfield Springs Csd
Worcester
Odessa Montour
Peru
Johnsburg
Webster
Nyack
Sloan
Williamsville
Catskill
Windham Ashland
Edinburg Common Sd
Shenendehowa
Sagaponack
Cortland
Andes
Margaretville
Beacon
Poughkeepsie
Elmira
Victor
East Bloomfield
Geneva
Lewiston Porter
Pine Valley
Fayettvlle-Manlius
Berkshire
Germantown
Kinderhook
Brunswick Central
East Greenbush
Troy
Seneca Falls
Eldred
Jeff Youngsville
Palmyra-Macedon
Red Creek
Wyoming
Amsterdam
Canajoharie
Fort Plain