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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:black"><img width="624" height="147" style="width:6.5in;height:1.5347in" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01D6EF49.166CD2D0"></span><span class="xeop"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">January 20, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans"">High school athletic plan to include more spectators at sporting events<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Boise, Idaho – Following a weeks-long decrease in statewide COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, Governor Brad Little announced today that he is instructing the State Board of Education to revise
its high school athletic plan to allow more spectators at sporting events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">“All of our decisions related to the Idaho Rebounds plan have been rooted in detailed metrics related to virus activity and impacts on our health care system. Thanks to the good actions of the people
of Idaho to slow the spread of the virus in our communities, we are seeing a <span style="color:black">
continued decrease in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations,” Governor Little said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:black">All Idahoans, including participants and spectators at sporting events, are reminded that in order to keep these activities as open as possible, the continued good practices of social
distancing, mask wearing, and hand sanitization are strongly encouraged. Details will be provided in the plan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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The State Board of Education will announce specific details about changes to the plan in the coming days.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""># # #<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: Marissa Morrison, Press Secretary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">208-943-1686 or </span>
<a href="mailto:marissa.morrison@gov.idaho.gov"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">marissa.morrison@gov.idaho.gov</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">
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