Kansas school openings delayed until after Labor Day

Schools in Kansas won't start until after Labor Day, which is Monday September 7th.

Governor Laura Kelly detailing an executive order Wednesday saying the additional three weeks will provide schools time to get masks, thermometers, hand sanitizer and other necessary COVID-19 mitigation supplies.

Kelly announced her plans only hours after the State Board of Education approved roughly 1,100 pages of reopening guidelines for local boards of education.

The state reporting a total of nearly 21,000 cases of COVID since the pandemic began with 300 deaths.

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