All but four of California's counties are in the purple tier as of Jan. 26, 2021.
Lucerne Valley Elementary in San Bernardino County was one of the first public schools in the state to get approval to reopen.
Backlog of records is expected to be added to county data within 72 hours, which will allow the state to unfreeze its county monitoring list.
After the data issues are resolved, counties will be able to make decisions about elementary school waivers, state official says.