In an open letter Thursday, Pine Bluff School District Superintendent Barbara Warren announced that students, staff members and visitors must wear face coverings “at all times” on district property and buses, except while eating and drinking.
School chiefs welcome special session
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Gov. Asa Hutchinson chats with Dumas School District Superintendent Kelvin Gragg before a community discussion on Tuesday at the Dumas Community Center. (Pine Bluff Commercial/I.C. Murrell)
Dumas School District Superintendent Kelvin Gragg made his voice heard and Gov. Asa Hutchinson is taking action.
Two days after hearing from Gragg and other southeast Arkansans about the covid-19 impact close to a new school year, Hutchinson announced Thursday to the entire state that he would call a special session sometime next week no dates were specified to consider amending Act 1002, which prohibits public entities including school districts from enforcing a mask mandate. The act went into effect Wednesday, three months after it was approved in the state legislature.
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