NC House votes to end statewide school mask mandate. Here s what happens next. Avi Bajpai, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Jun. 23 RALEIGH The North Carolina House passed a bill Wednesday that would grant local school boards the authority to make face masks optional for the upcoming school year, allowing them not to comply with the state s ongoing mask mandate that remains in effect for schools.
Senate Bill 173, known as the Free the Smiles Act, would allow public school districts, charter schools and private schools to set their own mask policies. North Carolina schools, both public and private, are currently considered at-risk settings and fall under Gov. Roy Cooper s scaled-back mask mandate, which he recently extended through the end of July.
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