Lawmaker Proposes COVID-19 Presumption for School Workers

Occupational exposure to the new coronavirus would be presumed for Minnesota teachers, administrators and other school workers who catch COVID-19, under recently introduced legislation. Rep. Rob Ecklund, D-International Falls, on Thursday introduced HF 2, which would add educational workers to the list of employees already covered by a COVID-19 presumption. Workers covered under Ecklund’s bill would include teachers, administrators, student support services personnel, bus drivers, nutrition staff and custodians, and “any other person employed by the schoo...