Students Without Masks Can’t Be Kept Out of Classrooms, Educators Say
Students can’t be banned from school campuses for refusing to wear a mask during the upcoming curricular year, educational leaders say.
“The state wants to continue the mask mandate, but there’s no way to enforce it,” San Ardo Union Elementary School District Superintendent Catherine Reimer told The Epoch Times.
“For school districts, we have something in the education code that you used to be able to suspend or send kids home for defiance. If they’re not going to wear the mask, that would ultimately be an act of defiance, and the state doesn’t allow you to send students home for defiance.”