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Montgomery: Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday vetoed legislation to delay next year’s requirement to hold back third graders who aren’t reading at grade level – a postponement lawmakers sought after the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted classrooms. The veto means the promotion requirement will take effect at the end of the 2021-22 school year. The governor said it is “hasty and premature” to delay the requirement before education officials can review the newest test scores. “As a former teacher and even more so as governor, I believe early literacy is the gateway to all learning,” Ivey said in a statement. The Republican governor said she is asking the state superintendent to brief the public on spring test scores when available and for the Alabama Committee on Grade Level Reading to make recommendations regarding any future action. “Ever
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Doctors are seeing an uptick in accidental overdoses in children in the Savannah area, said Dr. Brian Coleman, medical director of the pediatric emergency room at the Memorial Health Dwaine & Cynthia Willett Children s Hospital of Savannah.
Coleman said the children s ER had seen about 15 cases since opening in March. That s about double the normal rate. Commonly ingested drugs are opioids and marijuana in the form of edibles, or marijuana-infused foods.
Coleman isn t entirely sure what s behind the trend. It may be that with the pandemic, and people being in the house more, it just provides more opportunity for kids to explore, he said. And you know, kids are like little bloodhounds, and they will find stuff on the floor and under couches.