AND THE REOPENING DATE IS JULY
10th ON PHASE FOUR. ON SCHOOLS WE HAVE BEEN
CONSULTING ALL STAKEHOLDERS ON GUIDANCE ON HOW A SCHOOL WOULD
REOPEN IN SEPTEMBER. WE HAVE 700 SCHOOL DISTRICTS N
THIS STATE THAT RANGE FROM URBAN TO RURAL, SUBURBAN.
LOCALITIES ARE VERY INVOLVED IN THEIR SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL
DECISIONS. WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH THEM.
JIM IS ON A COMMISSION THAT TALKS TO THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS
AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES ABOUT REOPENING.
WE'LL HAVE FINALIZED GUIDANCE ON JULY 13th.
ON JULY 31st, LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WILL SUBMIT THEIR
PLANS ON HOW THEY WOULD REOPEN. WHAT THEIR PRECAUTIONS WOULD BE.
IF THEY WANT A PHASED REOPENING, A PARTIAL REOPENING.
AUGUST 1-7 THE STATE WILL ANNOUNCE A DECISION ON WHETHER
OR NOT THE SCHOOLS REOPEN. WE WANT TO MAKE THAT DECISION
WITH THE BEST AVAILABLE DATA. THE FACTS CHANGE HERE DAY TO
DAY, WEEK TO WEEK. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A DROP
DEAD DATE WHERE YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION BY A CERTAIN DATE,
BUT WAIT UNTIL THAT DATE TO MAKE A DECISION BECAUSE THE FACTS MAY
CHANGE. AS WE SEE A WEEK CAN BE A
LIFETIME WITH THIS COVID VIRUS. EVERYTHING CHANGES SO QUICKLY.
THE SCHOOLS SAY THEY NEED A DECISION MADE BY THE END OF THE
FIRST WEEK IN AUGUST. SO THEY CAN THEN TURN ON THE
SWITCHES AND GET EVERYTHING READY FOR SEPTEMBER.
WE'LL LOOK AT THE DATA IN THAT FIRST WEEK AND THEN WE WILL MAKE
A DECISION. I HEARD THE PRESIDENT SPEAK
YESTERDAY AND WHAT HE WAS TWEETED ABOUT TODAY ON SCHOOLS.
AND LOOK, THIS IS GETTING A LITTLE OLD.
AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. I HEARD WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID
ON SCHOOLS, BUT THIS IS BEEN THERE DONE THAT, RIGHT?
SCHOOL REOPENINGS ARE A STATE DECISION, PERIOD.
THAT IS HEARD. >> THAT YOU COULD NOT EVALUATE
IT. >> NO, I SAID NO LOCALITY HAS
THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE IF THEY OPEN OR NOT.
THAT IS NOT -- WE HAVE 700 SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
NONE OF THOSE 700 CAN SAY I'M OPENING ON AUGUST 1st.
I'M OPENING SEPTEMBER 4th. THEY DON'T HAVE THAT LEGAL
AUTHORITY. THAT IS STATE LAW.
THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SAY NEW YORK CITY
SCHOOLS ARE OPEN. IT IS A STATE DECISION.
I THINK THE MAYOR WOULD SAY I NEVER SAID LEGALLY I CAN DECIDE
TO OPEN THE SCHOOLS. I THINK THE MAYOR WOULD SAY I
SAID I'M PUTTING IN THE PLAN TO REOPEN THE SCHOOLS.
AND THAT NUANCE IS VERY PORT. WE ASKED ALL 700 DISTRICTS GIVE
US YOUR PLAN FOR THE NEW NORMAL IF WE REOPEN IN SEPTEMBER.
SO EVERY DISTRICT COULD SAY TO YOU TODAY WE'RE PLANNING ON
REOPENING. AND WE'RE DOING A PLAN TO
REOPEN. I'M PLANNING TO REOPEN.
CUOMO SAID TODAY THAT HE IS PLANNING TO REOPEN.
I AM PLANNING TO REOPEN, ARE YOU REOPENINGS?
I DON'T KNOW, YOU JUST SAID YOU'RE PLANNING TO REOPEN, YEAH,
BUT COMING UP WITH PLANS IF WE DECIDE TO REOPEN.
I THINK THAT IS THE VARIANCE BETWEEN WHAT THE MAYOR SAID AND
BETWEEN WHAT THE MAYOR SAID AND WHAT I SAID.