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New York Changes Mask Mandate For The Upcoming School Year

New York Changes Mask Mandate For The Upcoming School Year Get our free mobile app On Wednesday, the New York Department of Health sent updated guidelines to school superintendents throughout the state. As the positivity rates for COVID-19 transmissions are decreasing throughout the state, the state’s Department of Health has changed its guidelines to allow school superintendents more flexibility. According to NBC New Yorkthe State changed its guidelines to be more in line with CDC recommendations. Summer school programs will follow the same guidelines as summer camps and they will not require students to wear masks outdoors. The Health Department is still requiring everyone to wear masks while indoors.

The CDC has updated its mask guidelines for schools Some states will listen, some won t

The CDC has updated its mask guidelines for schools. Some states will listen, some won t. Taylor Avery, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention released guidance Friday saying vaccinated teachers and students no longer must wear masks inside school buildings to protect against the transmission of COVID-19. The guidance, issued amid falling infection rates and hospitalizations, recommends unvaccinated individuals, including children, should still wear masks and maintain 3 feet of social distancing. Schools and state officials have been waiting weeks for updated CDC guidance, rolling out a patchwork of tentative and contradictory rules for their own teachers and students. The CDC guidelines are more lenient than what some localities have established, yet fly in the face of anti-mask legislation passed in some conservative states.

Masks in schools and COVID: How will states react to new CDC guidance?

View Comments California was quick to stand up against the CDC s new guidance, announcing that masks will be worn when classrooms open this fall. New York, which hasn’t said yet whether it will require masks in schools during the fall, is allowing school districts to determine mask usage at summer school programs. The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention released guidance Friday saying vaccinated teachers and students no longer must wear masks inside school buildings to protect against the transmission of COVID-19. The guidance, issued amid falling infection rates and hospitalizations, recommends unvaccinated individuals, including children, should still wear masks and maintain 3 feet of social distancing.

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