Education

Kentucky has a well-documented nursing shortage, exacerbated by COVID-19 burnout and an aging worker population. 
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The national competition is slated during the Memorial Day holiday in Washington, D.C.
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Hezekiah Watkins was 13 years old when he joined the Freedom Riders in 1961 and was arrested in Mississippi.
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Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron, a candidate for governor, said Jason Glass was worrying “more about social-engineering than he does test scores.”
The day after lawmakers rapidly changed and passed a bill that bans gender-affirming care for minors, the commissioner decried the “sweeping and harmful” legislation.
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An addition to the bill states, "Students in grade five and below will not receive instruction about human sexuality or sexually transmitted diseases. Students in sixth grade and above must have a parent’s consent to receive such instruction."
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An opponent said the amendment would nullify four sections of the Kentucky constitution that relate to the legislature’s “obligations to the public schools.” 
This year marked the 11th Mayor's Scholars program, said administrative coordinator Nikki Durham.
The detection system for three schools will cost approximately $810,000, the district said before Monday's meeting.
One superintendent warned that teacher shortages could soon require school consolidations.
Two students from the southern Pennyrile are Quinn Wagner Miller and Vincent McQuade.
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