Kansas to focus on COVID-19 shots for teachers, school staff
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February 18, 2021
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will put a priority on vaccinating teachers and other school staff against COVID-19 so that K-12 students across the state can resume in-person classes as quickly as possible, Gov. Laura Kelly said Wednesday.
The Democratic governor's announcement came a week after she told leaders of the Republican-controlled Legislature that 60% of the state's 286 school districts had started inoculating teachers. The state's public schools have about 72,000 staff members, including 34,000 certified teachers.
Kelly said the state will be able to inoculate school staff because it ex...
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