March 29.2021 3:30 a.m.

Oregon House Republicans say the state is second to the last for reopening schools.

A release said a tracker: https://www.burbio.com/states aggregates school, government, library and community event information and consists of more than 80,000 K-12 school calendars from all fifty states.

The release said the extensive amount of time that Oregon students have attended schools from home may have serious implications for their academic success and mental health. It said even a hybrid schooling method still requires a significant amount of time at home.

The release cited data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing a big increase in mental health-related doctor visits between April and October of last year. It said most states in the country have been reopening schools after numerous studies pointed to safe conditions that would allow students to attend school in-person with minimal COVID-19 risks.

Oregon House Republicans said the “negative effects of at-home learning still have not been adequately measured in Oregon, and plans to do so have been delayed.