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Labor Tasmania is concerned that families with the financial means will be able to withdraw their children from school when a single COVID case emerges, while less affluent families may need to wait for an “outbreak” to be declared. Tasmania’s back-to-school plan specifies that five cases in a single educational setting will constitute an outbreak and prompt a public health response. At this point, parents can become eligible for income support of $750 from the federal government or $250 from the state government if they are required to stay home from work to care for their children while they are out of school. Labor education spokesperson Josh Wylie said that could make children of parents who work casually – or who have low incomes – more susceptible to COVID-19 once cases emerge. In other news, he said, “Working parents who may be casual workers may not have this opportunity, and they may not be able to take the time off they want.” “They will be forced to keep their students in school until they are in close contact, five cases in a classroom in seven days.” They will effectively be forced to leave their children in that environment, so if they become in close contact, they will have access to COVID isolation payments. “The Australian Government’s pandemic leave payments are available to people who are expected to lose 20 or more hours of work in a week, with a reduced amount to less than 20 hours of lost work. The Tasmanian Government support payments are for people who are absent from work due to public health directives to be isolated for testing. But Prime Minister Peter Gutwin has predicted that both payments could be available to parents in the event of an outbreak in schools.Workers have repeatedly attacked the back-to-school plan since it was announced Thursday, including concerns about teacher workloads in need. To discuss individual plans with parents of children with disabilities, the public health plan the ability to track school outbreaks.The Acting Secretary of Education, Jeremy Rockcliffe, said public health advice is that the best place for children to be is ‘in school’, but it was understood to feel Parents are concerned. “To be clear, all students should be in school unless they are unwell or develop symptoms of COVID, or have medical advice they should not attend,” he said. “Students with disabilities will continue to be supported. or medically at risk, on an individual basis, in line with each student’s medical action plan.” Our journalists work hard to bring up-to-date, local news to the community. This is how you can continue to access our trusted content:
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Labor Tasmania is concerned that families with the financial means will be able to withdraw their children from school when a single COVID case emerges, while less affluent families may need to wait for an “outbreak” to be declared.
Tasmania’s back-to-school plan specifies that five cases in a single educational setting will constitute an outbreak and prompt a public health response.
At this point, parents can become eligible for income support of $750 from the federal government or $250 from the state government if they are required to stay home from work to care for their children while they are out of school.
Labor education spokesperson Josh Wylie said that could make children of parents who work casually – or who have low incomes – more susceptible to COVID-19 once cases emerge.
“Working parents who may be casual workers may not have this opportunity, and they may not be able to take the time off they want,” he said.
“They will have to keep their students in school until they are in close contact, five cases in a classroom in seven days.
“They will effectively be forced to leave their children in that environment, so if they become in close contact, they will have access to COVID isolation payments.”
The Australian Government’s disaster leave payment is available to people who are expected to lose 20 or more hours of work in a week, with less than 20 hours of work lost.
Some details of the back to school plan in Tasmania.
The Tasmanian government support payments are for people who miss work due to public health directives to isolate them for testing, but Prime Minister Peter Gutwin has predicted that both payments could be available to parents in the event of an outbreak in schools.
Labor has repeatedly attacked the back-to-school plan since it was announced Thursday, including concerns about teachers’ workloads, the need to discuss individual plans with parents of children with disabilities, and public health’s ability to track school outbreaks.
Acting Education Secretary Jeremy Rockcliffe said public health advice was the best place for children to be “in school”, but parents were understood to be concerned.
“To be clear, all students should be in school unless they are unwell or have symptoms of COVID, or have medical advice they should not attend,” he said.
“Students with disabilities, or medically at risk, will continue to be supported on an individual basis, in line with each student’s medical action plan.”
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