Parents sue Gov. Newsom over mask mandate
Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference after he toured the newly reopened Ruby Bridges Elementary School on March 16, 2021 in Alameda, Calif. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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A pair of parent advocacy groups have taken legal action against California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) over school mask mandates. On Thursday, the groups Let Them Breathe and Reopen California Schools filed a lawsuit against Newsom and top state health officials.
They claimed the orders applying to children wearing masks in schools could have detrimental effects on children’s mental and physical health. Additionally, they said the state is neglecting data, suggesting children have a low risk of contracting COVID-19 and transmitting the virus to others.
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California changes course on schools enforcing mask mandate
ADAM BEAM
The Associated Press
After initially telling schools they must send students home if they refuse to wear masks indoors, California public health officials abruptly changed course and said districts will be able to decide how to enforce the mask mandate.
While California says fully vaccinated people don t have to wear masks in most public places, the state has different rules for schools. Last week, officials said students and staff at schools must continue to wear masks indoors at all times, even if they are fully vaccinated.
California officials released details of those new rules Monday afternoon, including a requirement that schools “must exclude students from campus if they are not exempt from wearing a face covering under (the rules) and refuse to wear one provided by the school.
By ADAM BEAM
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) â When California told school districts they must still require masks for students and teachers indoors, the state left no room for doubt about its enforcement: If students refused, schools were to send them home.
But hours after that announcement on Monday, public health officials in Gov. Gavin Newsom s administration abruptly changed course and said school districts would decide for themselves how to enforce the mask mandate.
The reversal marked a bumpy rollout of the state s new coronavirus rules for California s schools, which are required to resume in-person instruction for the upcoming school year. Speaking after an event in Los Angeles Tuesday, Newsom downplayed the reversal, saying enforcement of mask-wearing has âalways been a local responsibility.â
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