HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A statewide mask mandate for Pennsylvania schoolchildren was thrown out by the state Supreme Court on Friday, raising the prospect that at least some students in
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A lawyer for Pennsylvania’s acting health secretary on Wednesday defended the validity of the secretary’s order requiring masks inside K-12 schools to fight COVID-19, asking state Supreme Court justices to focus on a single regulation.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A statewide mask mandate for Pennsylvania schoolchildren was thrown out by the state Supreme Court on Friday, raising the prospect that at least some students in
Pennsylvania schoolchildren may soon be attending classes unmasked under a state Supreme Court ruling Friday that threw out the Wolf administration's statewide mandate that face coverings be worn inside K-12 school buildings.
Pennsylvania schoolchildren may soon be attending classes unmasked under a state Supreme Court ruling Friday that threw out the Wolf administration's statewide mandate that face coverings be worn inside K-12 school buildings.
The state Supreme Court said the health secretary didn't have the authority to issue the mandate, leaving the issue up to the state's 474 school districts.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Friday affirmed a lower court ruling that the state’s acting secretary of health did not have the authority to issue a mandatory mask mandate for schools in August. The ruling ends the mandate effective immediately.
The Pennsylvania State Supreme Court declared void a statewide school mask mandate supported by Gov. Tom Wolf and Acting State Health Secretary Alison Beam on Friday.
Masks are still required for students and staff in Penn Hills School District. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Dec. 10 decision affirmed a lower court ruling that the state’s acting secretary of health did not have the authority to issue a mandatory mask mandate for schools in August.
Many local school districts are using last week’s state Supreme Court ruling striking down the state’s mask mandate in schools to return to mask-optional policies in their buildings. The state Department of Health in late August ordered that face coverings be worn by everyone in all school buildings…
Several school districts in Bucks County announced that face coverings are now optional for their students after a statewide mask mandate for Pennsylvania school children was thrown out by the state Supreme Court.
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