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Governor Appeals Federal Ruling On Remote Instruction Order

J. Tyler Franklin
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LPM

Gov. Andy Beshear has appealed a federal court’s decision that he can’t order religious schools to close as a coronavirus precaution.

Attorneys for the state on Thursday asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for an emergency stay stopping the injunction granted by U.S. District Court Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove on Wednesday. The judge agreed with Danville Christian Academy and Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, saying Beshear overstepped when he included religious schools in his order that schools statewide stop in-person instruction for three weeks.

Van Tatenhove expanded the injunction from Danville Christian Academy to all private religious schools in the state. The battle comes as coronavirus cases are at an all-time high, and increasing exponentially.

The state argued in its appeal that the school is not harmed by the governor’s order, and that it must apply to both religious and non-religious schools to be effective in saving lives.

 

 

Kate Howard is the managing editor of the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting.