RESOLVED, That the Senate direct the Legislative Budget and
Finance Committee to study the impact of COVID-19 on education
in this Commonwealth and to issue a report; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the study include an analysis of the
following:
(1) the changes to education in preschools and
kindergarten through grade twelve schools as a result of the
COVID-19 pandemic;
(2) the necessary changes following the COVID-19
pandemic to address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on
student education at all levels;
(3) the impact on the economy that results from the loss
of an entire generation of learners if the education lost
during the COVID-19 pandemic is not remedied;
(4) the degree and type of loss of learning that
occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic;
(5) any demographic group that has experienced losses of
learning during the COVID-19 pandemic;
(6) the effect of the loss of learning in each
demographic group and this Commonwealth, if the loss of
learning during the COVID-19 pandemic is not remedied;
(7) the types of corrective measures or changes that
could be utilized now to address the loss of learning;
(8) the types of corrective measures or changes to
address the loss of learning that would be needed later if no
corrective measures or changes are implemented now; and
(9) the actions that other states are initiating in
terms of loss of learning;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That, in conducting the study, the Legislative
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