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To: United States Senate
Tell your senators: Include paid leave on the back-to-school checklist
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Going to school shouldn’t risk the health and safety of teachers, students, or our communities. Teachers, school staff, and parents need to be able to keep themselves and their families safe. The Senate must ensure that everybody has access to paid family and medical leave and paid sick days before teachers and students set foot inside a classroom.
Why is this important?
Schools shouldn’t be on the frontlines of this pandemic.
All school staff need the ability to stay at home to recover or take care of their own families without losing their livelihoods. Educators shouldn’t be asked to risk their lives reporting to work everyday; but many will be left totally exposed, unless ALL staff and parents have access to paid leave.
We all need the peace of mind knowing that nobody is coming to school sick because teachers, staff, and parents can’t afford to stay home. Guaranteeing paid leave gives working people the ability to protect themselves AND keep their children home for caregiving should someone in their family become ill with the coronavirus.
If and when schools start to reopen, parents, teachers, and school staff must be able to stay home if they’re sick or need to care for a family member. Join us in telling the Senate "don’t reopen school without making sure EVERYONE has access to paid family and medical leave."