The provincial government is being asked to provide answers on how it plans to reopen schools this fall.
The call for action comes from the NDP.
The party is asking the Conservatives to implement a number of measures including funding for more school busses to allow for physical distancing.
The NDP is also asking for additional support for students with special needs or who are struggling online.
The province is also being asked to strike a COVID-19 recovery school advisory group that includes frontline education workers, parents and students, school boards and parents.
Here is a list of all recommendation from the party:
-Guarantee that parents will be able to access paid, job-protected leave until school and child care fully resumes.
-Immediate funding to stabilize the child care sector to prevent fee increases and layoffs.
-Hire more teachers and other education workers to allow for more, smaller classes.
-Immediate funding for urgent school repairs and upgrades, including infection control (eg: touch-free sinks and soap dispensers).
-Funding for more school busses to allow for physical distancing.
-Additional support for students with special needs or who are struggling online.
-Strike a COVID-19 recovery school advisory group that includes frontline education workers, parents and students, school boards and parents.
-Consult with municipalities to find ways to use available public infrastructure so that school and child care centres can resume in-person for as many children as possible in a safe and healthy way.
-Guarantee that no essential workers currently receiving emergency child care will lose child care provision when the emergency child care program ends
