Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said legislation protecting schools from being sued is needed so children can resume classes.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has called for schools to be legally protected from lawsuits that could arise due to resuming classes amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Can you image the nightmare that could unfold this fall when K-12 kids are still at home, when colleges and universities are still not open?" McConnellreporters."That is a scenario that would only be further aggravated in the absence of some kind of liability protection that reassures school administrators that they can actually open up again."
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell walks through a hallway in the U.S. Capital in Washington, D.C. on May 11, 2020.McConnell had previously said that including legal protection for businesses that reopen while the virus continues to spread would be required for Republicans to approve any additional coronavirus relief bills. He told Fox News in late April that he hoped that business owners could avoid"years of endless lawsuits.
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