Shelby Review

State Sen. Peter Lucido (R-Shelby Township) recently added his vote to those cast in favor of the "Return to Learn" plan, a bipartisan legislative effort to get Michigan children safely back to school while tailoring instructional approaches to the needs of local communities.

While the districts would be responsible for developing safe instructional guidelines for any in-person instruction, the plan would also empower individual school districts by allowing them to work with local health experts to determine which approaches (in-person, virtual or a hybrid of both) are best-suited to the particular needs of their communities, according to the MiSenateGOP website.

“Providing students with a safe, quality education is one of the most important things we can do, and that is best achieved when local education leaders are empowered to make learning decisions that best serve their communities,” Lucido told MiSenateGOP. “That is truer today in the era of coronavirus, and the 'Return to Learn' plan gives school districts the flexibility to make more and better health and safety decisions that will increase students’ opportunities to learn and achieve.”