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Students will be required to get weekly Rapid Antigen Tests and wear a face mask as major changes are rolled out across the classroom ahead of the new school term.
States and territories across the country are set to unveil their Covid-safe plans in the coming days.
NSW is tipped to announce students will be required to get weekly RATs while Victoria is set to introduce a mask mandate.
The federal government has agreed to split the cost of surveillance testing for those states and territories wanting to roll out such a scheme.
Students will be required to get a Rapid Antigen Test and wear a face mask as major changes are rolled out across the classroom ahead of the new school term
But no consensus was reached at Thursday's national cabinet meeting on the best way of approaching the first term of 2022.
NSW and Victoria have vowed to keep on track with reopening as scheduled, while Queensland and South Australia have pushed back the start of school to allow more children to get vaccinated.
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