Although distance learning is strongly encouraged while schools in the state are closed due to COVID-19, students currently in grades kindergarten to 12 are not obligated to participate under Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's executive order and they will be penalized if they do not do so.
Rep. John Reilly (R-Oakland) says that the bicameral and bipartisan committee created by the adoption of House Concurrent Resolution 20 is a "necessary step" for answers being asked by Michigan residents.