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\nThe Kentucky Labor Cabinet will not withdraw its subpoenas to 10 school districts as requested by Attorney General Andy Beshear, Secretary David Dickerson said in a letter to Beshear on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\nThe Kentucky Labor Cabinet will not withdraw its subpoenas to 10 school districts as requested by Attorney General Andy Beshear, Secretary David Dickerson said in a letter to Beshear on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Dickerson\u2019s refusal will most likely spark a legal tussle over the cabinet\u2019s investigation into “sick outs” that closed several school districts at least once during this year\u2019s legislative session.<\/p>\n
Beshear, a Democrat vying for his party\u2019s gubernatorial nomination, said he would file a lawsuit Monday if the cabinet\u2019s 10 subpoenas aren\u2019t rescinded by the end of the week.<\/p>\n
But Dickerson contends that he sees \u201cno valid reason\u201d to ignore possible legal violations as teachers in a number of districts staged sick outs to protest bills they said would hurt public education.<\/p>\n
Dickerson said he referred the matter to his inspector general\u2019s office, which is investigating whether teachers who flooded their school districts with sick leave requests participated in an illegal work stoppage. The cabinet can issue penalties up to $1,000.<\/p>\n
The secretary said Beshear \u201cshould let this statutorily authorized investigation proceed as the law provides.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said working parents had to \u201cscramble for expensive childcare on short notice\u201d and were otherwise inconvenienced by the closures.<\/p>\n
Beshear has said teachers are exercising their First Amendment rights in the sick outs, but Dickerson said the real issue is whether teachers \u201ccan lie about being sick and force a shutdown of the entire school system so they can get paid while coming to Frankfort to lobby.\u201d
\nSource: WDRB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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