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A student plays the flute while wearing a protective facemask during a music class Tuesday at Sinaloa Middle School in Novato
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By ADAM BEAM Associated Press
SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers on Thursday approved a $6.6 billion plan aimed at pressuring school districts to return students to the classroom before the end of the school year.
The bill does not order school districts to resume in-person instruction and it does not say parents must send their kids back to the classroom if they don’t want to.
Instead, the state will dangle $2 billion before cash-strapped school boards, offering them a share of that money only if they offer in-person instruction by the end of the month.
