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KENTUCKY Martin Luther King Jr s National Day of Service is observed each year on the third Monday in January as “a day on, not a day off.”
MLK Day is the only federal holiday designated as a national day of service to encourage all Americans to volunteer to improve their communities.
Serve Kentucky is a state commission that provides federal grant funds to support community service programs across the Commonwealth.
Carie Kizziar is the program manager of Serve Kentucky, which is formerly known as the Kentucky Commission on Volunteerism and Service and joined In Focus Kentucky host Mario Anderson during this segment.
Jason E. Glass, Kentuckyâs commissioner of education, continued soliciting feedback from the education community on a potential January return to in-person instruction during the Wednesdayâs virtual meeting of the Kentucky Department of Educations Parents Advisory Council. [
Glass told the council that Gov. Andy Beshear has asked the department to provide a recommendation on whether schools should return on Jan. 4, the date Beshearsâ executive order will expire, or continue virtual learning until a later date.
The decision will be made by Beshear, not by KDE or the Kentucky Board of Education, but the feedback received will factor into the departmentâs recommendation, Glass said.