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Steinbach MLA and Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced that the Manitoba government will provide up to $100,000 to renew and extend a funding agreement for 2020-21 for the Respect in School (RIS) program, which offers online curriculum training at no cost to adults working with students in public, funded independent, non-funded independent and First Nations schools.

Steinbach MLA and Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced that classroom learning will resume on Sept. 8 for all students in Kindergarten through Grade 12 at schools across Manitoba following last spring’s suspension caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Manitoba government is releasing data on public feedback to Phase Three of the province’s Restoring Safe Services roadmap to economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, and on surveys completed by parents and students on its school re-entry plan.

Steinbach MLA and Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced that the Manitoba government has released a planning framework for the resumption of in-class learning, with teachers and staff returning to classrooms on Sept. 2 and students on Sept. 8.

Steinbach MLA and Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced that the province is expanding its partnership with InformNet to increase access to summer school programming for grade 9 to 12 students in Manitoba.

The Manitoba government is recognizing the incredible work of child-care providers throughout the year and as heroes helping heroes during the province’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Steinbach MLA and Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced that the province has partnered with the Pembina Trails School Division and the St. James-Assiniboia School Division to offer expanded access to InformNet online courses during the suspension of in-school classes due to COVID-19.

Steinbach MLA and Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced that the province is providing a supplemental online resource for Manitoba families whose children are learning at home during the suspension of in-school classes because of COVID-19.

At the advice of the chief provincial public health officer, Manitoba is suspending classroom learning for kindergarten to Grade 12 students indefinitely for this school year to help ‘flatten the curve’ and reduce the impact of COVID-19 throughout the province.

Steinbach MLA and Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced that the Manitoba government is investing $60,000 to expand the highly successful Families and Schools Together (F&ST) program, bringing the total to nine schools benefiting from the initiative.