{"id":157105,"date":"2021-02-21T13:10:27","date_gmt":"2021-02-21T18:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=157105"},"modified":"2021-02-21T16:28:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T21:28:33","slug":"press-secy-psaki-goal-to-open-majority-of-schools-by-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/press-secy-psaki-goal-to-open-majority-of-schools-by-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Secy Psaki: Goal to open majority of schools by April"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpress-secy-psaki-goal-to-open-majority-of-schools-by-april%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=157105&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2375792\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2375792\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2375792 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1231204291-655x437.jpg\" alt=\"White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a news briefing at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House February 16, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm \/ AFP) (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"655\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2375792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a news briefing at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House February 16, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm \/ AFP)\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 1:15 PM PT \u2013 Sunday, February 21, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The Biden administration hopes to open a majority of schools by April. On Sunday, Press Secretary Jen Psaki said they can only meet their goal if Democrats\u2019 $2 trillion stimulus passes through Congress to provide more funding to schools.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, teachers\u2019 unions across the country have called for priority vaccinations and more PPE for school campuses. Psaki noted the CDC has maintained that teachers are not required to be vaccinated before returning to school. She also claimed Biden set aside billions of dollars to give to schools.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonkarl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jonkarl<\/a>: &#8220;Are we going to see a majority of the schools in this country open by April?&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PressSec<\/a>\u00a0Jen Psaki: &#8220;That&#8217;s our goal, that&#8217;s our objective, that&#8217;s our plan, Jon.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dHa10k0z86\">https:\/\/t.co\/dHa10k0z86<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ENlhqCQXGT\">pic.twitter.com\/ENlhqCQXGT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisWeekABC\/status\/1363494344234311684?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why he\u2019s proposed $130 billion in the American Rescue Plan,\u201d Psaki stated. \u201cBecause many schools across the country don\u2019t have the resources to be able to invest in improving facilities, in hiring more bus drivers [or] in hiring more temporary teachers so we can have smaller class sizes.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2375793\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2375793\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2375793 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AP21039651198894.jpg\" alt=\"Students at Driggers Elementary School attend a class in-person as they interact with classmates virtually, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, in San Antonio. After seeing two academic years thrown off course by the pandemic, school leaders around the country are planning for the possibility of more distance learning next fall at the start of yet another school year. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2375793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students at Driggers Elementary School attend a class in-person as they interact with classmates virtually, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, in San Antonio. After seeing two academic years thrown off course by the pandemic, school leaders around the country are planning for the possibility of more distance learning next fall at the start of yet another school year. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the meantime, the coronavirus relief stimulus is not expected to be voted on until Mid March.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/fmr-fla-mayor-charged-with-possession-of-child-pornography\/\">Fmr Fla. 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