COVID-19 pandemic, the government has released a funding plan for the upcoming 2021-22 school year that will include the option for virtual learning.“While we all want in-class learning to return this spring, we will not take risks with your child as we respond to high rates of COVID-19 in the community,” Ontario education minister Stephen Lecce said during an announcement Tuesday.Lecce reiterated that education staff who work in person are eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine and everyone 18 and older will be able to book a vaccine by the end of May.Students across all school boards in Ontario did not return to in-person learning after the April Break which was delayed from the March Break.The government announced mid-April, during the break,.