1; Gabrielle F. Miller, PhD1; Fátima Coronado, MD1; Martin I. Meltzer, PhD1 (View author affiliations)CDC recommends mitigation strategies that schools can adopt to minimize the risk for transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in school settings.Costs per student for implementation of strategies range from a mean of $55 (materials and consumables only) to $442 (materials and consumables, additional custodial staff members, and potential additional transportation).
Incremental costs across states range from an additional 0.3% to 7.1% in costs needed above reported fiscal year 2018 school expenditures per student.These findings offer schools, school districts, and other decision makers cost information necessary to budget and prioritize school resources.