Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issued an emergency order Tuesday to expedite the reopening of schools and child-care centers damaged in last month’s wildfires.
The order also increases enrollment caps of schools and child care centers by 20%, to allow displaced children and youth to transfer to schools or child care facilities unaffected by the fires for three to five years.
Schools or child care facilities that were damaged or destroyed by the fires can immediately receive a 180-day permit to allow them to relocate and operate anywhere in the city. Previous permits allowed up to 90 days.
Relocating schools and child care facilities that want to operate beyond 180 days in a new location will be approved through an expedited review process.
“I am exercising my emergency powers to keep families and their communities together,” Bass said in a statement. “The last thing families need is bureaucracy that causes more disruption to their children’s lives, and I won’t allow it.”
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