DOVER, Del.- Delaware Gov. John Carney on Thursday said in an interview with CNN that he expects schools will remain closed for the remainder of the academic year as states begin to plan for re-opening their economies following the public health threat from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Carney said in an interview with Wolf Blitzer that federal guidelines shared by President Donald Trump with the country's governors on Thursday would likely prohibit students' return to classrooms for the 2019-2020 school year.

“We haven’t made that decision yet, but looking at these guidelines that’s probably where we are going to end up,” he said.

Carney last month said schools would remain closed until at least May 15, or when the public health threat from COVID-19 was resolved.

Since the governor's order, schools have been using remote learning methods to educate students at their homes.