Next school year, students will no longer be required to wear face masks on campus, Duval County Public Schools announced.
The district discussed its school opening plan Tuesday morning at a school board workshop meeting. The plan includes guidance on coronavirus safety policies that are staying and going for the 2021-22 school year.
Here's what we know:
Face masks have been downgraded from mandatory to "strongly encouraged, but voluntary" at elementary schools and "voluntary" at secondary schools
The school's temporary virtual school option, Duval HomeRoom will no longer be offered but its full-time virtual school's offerings will be expanded
Temperature checks will be completely discontinued