Betsy DeVos, who resigned as education secretary Friday, supported limited federal involvement in education, promoted choice and offered flexibility during COVID.
District leaders say online learning is the innovative practice most likely to persist even as students and teachers return to classrooms, the survey found.
Martin County, one of the first in the state to open for face-to-face instruction, has provided safe, strong educational environments for students at schools through the pandemic.
Teachers' unions largely support plans to put educators near the front of the line, but given availability and logistics, that might not be enough to open more schools in the spring.
School district superintendents in the state have been told not to seek state approvals for uses of federal coronavirus relief funds, but rather to follow U.S. Department of the Treasury criteria.
Districts in many states struggle to bill Medicaid for school-based health centers and hiring nurses or counselors to provide audio and visual screenings.
