Jun 15, 2020, 6:58 PM
(From EdSource) California immunization rates have dropped 40% during the pandemic, according to the California Department of Public Health. The department looked at immunizations for children ages 0 to 18, including 10 legally required for children to attend school in California. Health experts fear the lack of vaccines could mean that patients with other communicable diseases would overwhelm hospitals if there is a surge of coronavirus cases. Because most immunizations are given before age 6, this is likely to impact schools at the kindergarten and 1st-grade levels, according to department officials.
(From Education Dive) Returns from college endowments were down 13% on average in the first quarter of the 2020 calendar year, according to a recent survey of 333 institutions by the National Association of College and University Business Officers. Larger endowments tended to have a smaller share of their investments in U.S. equities than did smaller portfolios among the schools surveyed. Meanwhile, just 8% of the 333 institutions surveyed plan to increase the rate at which they spend from their endowments during the 2021 fiscal year as a result of the crisis.
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