Governor DeWine Releases Guidance for Colleges/Universities to Reopen

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine on Thursday announced a plan for Colleges and Universities to reopen safely. He says the guidance, with the help of the Ohio Department of Health, includes minimum operating standards that should occur on all campuses, as well as best practices to further enhance those standards. DeWine says each campus must develop policies and procedures for COVID-19 testing and isolation of symptomatic students, faculty, and staff members. Testing of symptomatic individuals should take priority over all other testing tactics. The detailed plan can be found at coronavirus.ohio.gov.

The governor also announced plans to make more than $190 million of director federal funding to all of the state’s 2 and 4 year colleges and universities, both public and private, including adult career tech providers.