Wenstrup Releases Statement After University of Maryland … – House Committee on Oversight and Reform |

WASHINGTON The University of Maryland (UMD) reversed its coercive COVID-19 directive after Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) and all Majority Members opened an investigation into the Universitys policy earlier this month. Under the previous directive, COVID-19 positive students were forced to immediately leave campus and isolate presumably at their own expense at a nearby hotel or by boarding a flight home. Effective November 1, University of Maryland students who test positive for COVID-19 will be allowed to isolate in-place within their residence halls.

Chairman Wenstrup released the following statement on the Universitys policy reversal:

Reinstituting an outdated COVID-19 policy that threatened the well-being of Maryland students was not only counterproductive, but also unscientific. The Select Subcommittee wrote to UMD President Pines to highlight the negative impact of similar, pandemic-era education policies on Americas youth and encourage the University to reconsider its destructive directive. Thankfully the University, within days of receiving the Select Subcommittees letter, changed its quarantine policy to follow science, data, and common sense. The Majority members of the Select Subcommittee appreciate UMDs prompt response to our letter and will continue to investigate any potentially harmful COVID-19 policies reemerging at universities across the country.

Read the University of Marylands response letter here.

Read the Select Subcommittees October 13, 2023 letter to the University of Maryland here.

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