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The next time more than a million kids in Washington attend classes, it will be a new school year.

Washington K-12 public, private and charter schools will remain closed through the end of the academic year, Gov. Jay Inslee announced at a Monday news conference. Distance learning should continue, he said, and schools are expected to resume a normal schedule this fall.

The announcement comes 20 days into a state-mandated school closure, an attempt to slow the spread of coronavirus. The closures were first supposed to last until at least April 24, about six weeks, but state schools chief Chris Reykdal has repeatedly stressed the shutdown could last longer.