Arkansas: Schools must be open 5 days a week despite virus

Photo: Arkansas Secretary of Education Johnny Key

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas is requiring public schools to stay open five
days a week when classes resume this month, complicating efforts by some
districts to limit on-site instruction because of the coronavirus. Education
Secretary Johnny Key issued the guidance to schools on Wednesday as the state
reported 912 new confirmed cases of coronavirus and 18 more deaths from the
illness caused by the virus. Arkansas’ public schools are set to reopen the week
of Aug. 24. The state’s guidance said schools must be open all five days to
comply with the state Constitution. Some districts had planned to limit on-site
instruction.

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