In-person classes to remain suspended in Arkansas for rest of academic year

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson speaks to reporters in Little Rock on Monday in this screen grab of video provided by the governor’s office.
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson speaks to reporters in Little Rock on Monday in this screen grab of video provided by the governor’s office.

School campuses in Arkansas will be closed for in-person instruction through the end of the school year, Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Monday, as the number of coronavirus cases in Arkansas hit 875.

Students had previously been set to return to classrooms April 17. Schools across the state have been closed to in-person instruction since at least March 17.

Year-end testing for the state has already been called off.

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