FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) � Kentucky’s governor has berated local school leaders for refusing to extend mask requirements, accusing them of endangering children at a time the coronavirus is raging.
While more than 80% of Kentucky school districts have decided to continue requiring mask in schools, at least two school systems chose to make facial coverings optional in schools.
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Beshear warned about potential liability issues for school districts that ignore medical experts and refuse to require masks in schools.
Kentucky has become a national virus hotspot with one of the highest rates of new cases of COVID-19. School-age children have been contracting the virus at a higher rate than any other age group in Kentucky.
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