UPDATED - Molinaro Urges Governor to Reconsider Stance on 'Test To Stay' for In-Person Learning

UPDATE:

Earlier today, we shared the letter I sent to Governor Hochul last week urging her to encourage and support broad adoption of Test of Stay for schools. Dutchess County was the first county to implement Test to Stay in partnership with local school districts – enabling students to stay in school with the unnecessary disruption of quarantine following an exposure. Supporting Dutchess’ work, Governor Hochul is endorsing this successful program and will be providing tests for schools across the state.

 

 

 

Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro

 

 

Molinaro Urges Governor to Reconsider Stance
on 'Test To Stay' for In-Person Learning

Dutchess County has been partnering with local school districts to provide testing for “Test to Stay (TTS)” strategy – which the CDC on Friday issued a report offering emphatic support for the “usefulness of TTS for helping to maintain in-person learning in school.”  Not only does TTS allow students to ability to stay in school, without unnecessary educational disruption of quarantine following an exposure, the program increased information about the health status of exposed students - effectively creating a targeted surveillance testing program with parental consent. 

On Friday, County Executive Molinaro sent the following letter to Governor Hochul to encourage and support broad adoption of TTS. The State will be making an announcement regarding test kit distribution later today – we look forward to hearing the details so we can plan accordingly regarding distribution and purchases as necessary.