Expressing the sense of Congress that responses to the COVID–19 pandemic by the education system must be narrowly tailored to protect the well-being of children in different parts of the country.

That the consequences of remaining out of school are different for children of varying geographic regions or economic status; and

that because of the size and the heterogeneity of the United States, and of various regions within individual states, decisions related to the opening and operations of school districts are best made at the local level, informed by contemporaneous expert opinion and data.