Republican governor, which made mask wearing optional in schools. the circuit court judge sided with seven school districts friday who are suing gounger glen youngkin over the law. last month, youngkin gave parents the power to choose whether to wear masks in schools regardless of individual district policies but the judge asserted that not only the governor could override the constitution which grants school boards to make health and safety decisions. since it took effect, at least 70 school districts have defied the order and continued to require mask force all students. in new jersey, the governor will no longer school employees to be required to wear masks in the building, a notesable change for the democrat who championed some of the most stringent mandates during the pandemic. as the new york times frames it, the decision signals a deliberate shift toward treating the coronavirus as a part of daily life. pennsylvania s democratic governor rescinded the school