Trump pushes state, local leaders to reopen U.S. schools in the fall amid COVID-19 He did not immediately say what funding he would cut off or under what authority.Trump made the comments a day after launching an all-out effort pressing state and local officials to reopen the nation’s schools and colleges this fall.
At a White House event Tuesday, health and education officials argued that keeping students out of school for the fall semester would pose greater health risks than any tied to the coronavirus.Among those pushing for a fall reopening was the chief of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
But Trump on Wednesday said the agency’s school opening guidelines are “very tough & expensive.”“While they want them open, they.