Arizona’s top education official wants to change how schools decide when to open this fall in a way that’s more sensitive to local coronavirus outbreaks.

Kathy Hoffman, Arizona’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, asked Gov. Doug Ducey Tuesday to allow schools flexibility to delay opening if their area isn’t hitting COVID-19 statistics including a downward trajectory of confirmed new cases; a decrease in positivity rates for testing; and widespread availability of testing with timely results.