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It's not good. In fact, it's bad. REAL bad.

Masks are just one important piece of a multi-pronged approach to keep our children safe and healthy so they can remain in school where meaningful learning takes place. The bills that have been proposed during this special session include language that eliminates the mask mandates that have been issued by the KDE. 

As if that isn't bad enough, now, a KY GOP House Representative has added an amendment to that bill (SB1) that would take away each local district's ability to require masks in schools! ALL SCHOOLS! In other words, they are coming for Jefferson County! Jefferson County residents have already spoken. We WANT a mask mandate, but this amendment would make it ILLEGAL for our leaders to impose one! But worse than that, it would carelessly and unnecessarily put children's lives in harm's way across the state. Educators and parents have swarmed the Capitol by the thousands for less. Our literal lives and the lives of our children are at stake! 
In addition, a similar bill originating from the House FAILED IN COMMITTEE today! Our voices are making a difference! Keep calling and emailing.

The replay won't be on KET until tomorrow, but you can watch a recording of the hearing from today, here:
WATCH: HB1 did not pass out of today's House Education Committee Meeting.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

Join the Live and Learn parents at a rally and press event today at 4:45 at Van Hoose. More info can be found here:

LEARN AND LIVE RALLY!


To make it easier to keep track of all the great tools and resources, as they continue to grow and transform, we created 10 Steps You Can Do Today. Visit the Special Session Special Edition page on the Save Our Schools KY website by clicking the button below.

10 STEPS TO #ShowUpForStudents

MSNBC's Joy Reid Explains Who and What is Behind These Attacks

People need to know who and what are really behind the anti-mask, anti-CRT movement. Contact your legislators and let them know you expect them to not let anti-science and anti-fact radicals put our children at risk for the sake of their political agendas! Watch the video and then use the link at www.saveourschoolsky.org/contact-your-legislators to make sure ALL KY Senators and House Representatives recognize what is happening, before it's too late!

Join KY Live and Learn

Mobilize with parents and community members who are demanding local control with options and flexibility to keep their kids safe while COVID is surging, so we can get back to in-person school as soon as possible..
Join the page here


Join us for the rally and press event at Van Hoose today at 4:45!

Then join us in Frankfort the remainder of the week!

Take your kids out of school and watch from home. There are field trip forms you can use on the SOSKY site, to make sure they are not counted absent!
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