(Frankfort, KY) - Governor Andy Beshear is mandating masks inside all schools.
Beshear announced Tuesday that he had signed an executive order requiring masks in all schools, public and private.
The governor says he made the decision because of the vulnerability of kids to the more contagious delta variant, and because some schools have already experienced COVID-19 outbreaks.
The Kentucky Education Association has issued a statement supporting Beshear's order.
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron is reacting to Governor Andy Beshear's executive order requiring masks to be worn inside all of the commonwealth's schools.
Cameron says in a tweet that his office is reviewing the order. He says more information will be revealed following a filing to be made with the Kentucky Supreme Court Wednesday.
The attorney general says his office must protect "the law-making prerogative of the General Assembly" and respect "the judicial power of the courts."
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