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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:windowtext">Courtesy of Wanda Barker from SREB<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:windowtext">NCSL Article on Occupational Licensing and State Responses to COVID-19</span></i><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:windowtext">This is a great article by NCSL that lists different COVID-19 responses. You are encouraged to pay special attention to the table at the bottom with executive,
regulatory, and legislative actions for each state. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:windowtext"><a href="https://www.ncsl.org/research/labor-and-employment/covid-19-occupational-licensing-in-public-emergencies.aspx">https://www.ncsl.org/research/labor-and-employment/covid-19-occupational-licensing-in-public-emergencies.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:windowtext">Continue to stay safe and healthy,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:windowtext">SARA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:windowtext">Southern Regional Education Board<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:windowtext">404-879-5558<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:windowtext"><a href="mailto:SARA@sreb.org">SARA@sreb.org</a>
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