Texas ending mask mandates in schools starting in June
Texas ending mask mandates in schools starting in June
AUSTIN, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday that public schools must end mask requirements starting in June and ordered Texas cities and counties to drop nearly all face covering mandates by the end of the week.
The announcement does not affect businesses, which can still require customers or workers to wear masks. But the change amounts to the biggest rollbacks of Texas Covid-19 safeguards since Abbott ended a statewide mask mandate in March.
The move comes as virus cases and deaths continue plunging in Texas, and as the Covid-19 vaccine is now available to children as young as 12 years old. Public hospitals, jails and state-supported living centers will still be allowed to require masks.
Vengeance or politics? Democrat Harold Dutton explains why he advanced bill targeting transgender athletes, other GOP priorities
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Rep. Harold Dutton, D-Houston, applauds the passage of HB 3880, which is legislation that addresses support for students with dyslexia on Thursday, May 13, 2021. (JORDAN VONDERHAAR)
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The bill would prevent transgender Texas children from joining school sports teams that match their gender identity
Megan Munce, The Texas Tribune
May 5, 2021
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Kameron Davis, 22, stands with a Transgender Pride Flag hanging in the hallway at Thrive Youth Center, a shelter for homeless LGBTQ youth, where he lives at Haven for Hope in San Antonio on Friday, May 31, 2019.Lisa Krantz, Staff photographer / Lisa Krantz
A bill that would prevent transgender Texas children from joining school sports teams that match their gender identity failed to advance out of a House committee Tuesday, signaling potential trouble for one of several anti-LGBTQ bills in the Legislature.