U.S. Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., does not believe the federal government should be telling school systems how to handle their reopening plans amid the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic.
There has been an ongoing debate locally, and nationally, about schools reopening with in-person instruction. As far as Georgia’s senior senator is concerned, however, it should not be up to the federal government to make a decision on which way school systems should go.
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