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Confusion and Push back Over Governor’s Masks in Schools Executive Order

Confusion and Push back Over Governor’s Masks in Schools Executive Order

Youngkins order said parents of any child in elementary or secondary schools or a school-based early childcare or educational program "may elect for their children not to be subject to any mask mandate."

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia's new Republican governor was facing pushback from Democratic lawmakers, school districts and a group of parents who sued him Tuesday over an executive order that aims to create an opt-out for classroom mask mandates.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginias new Republican governor was facing pushback from...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Virginia's new Republican governor was facing pushback from Democratic lawmakers, school districts and a group of parents who sued

School districts across Virginia are adopting an inconsistent patchwork of responses to an executive order from Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin that aims to allow parents to opt-out of classroom mask mandates

“Governors don’t have the authority to issue any order that would be in violation of state statue or other provision of higher law,” Jack Preis, a law professor at the University of Richmond, said.

In 2020, the General Assembly passed a law requiring local school divisions to adopt model policies extending rights to transgender students. But even as debates over those policies have convulsed school board meetings across the state and been debated by the candidates for governor, many districts remain out of compliance . They’ve either rejected the […]