State education Commissioner Jeff Riley hopes to bring elementary school students back into classrooms full time as early as April.
The comments come shortly after President Joe Biden said the goal for in-person learning time for students should be five days a week. Speaking at the monthly meeting of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Riley said he supports that goal, especially because COVID-19 health metrics inside schools have been improving.
"At some point, as health metrics continue to improve, we will need to take remote and hybrid learning models off the table and return to a traditional school format," Riley said.
Riley plans to ask the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education for the authority to determine when hybrid and remote models will no longer count for learning hours during next month's board meeting. However, the learning models will be available at least until the end of this school year.