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California rescinded COVID-19 guidance banning unmasked K-12 students from campuses, within hours of issuing it, ABC News reported.
The COVID-19 public health guidance released by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) for the 2021-2022 school year previously “required” students to wear face masks while indoors and said that schools would “exclude” those who refused.
The CDPH published the guidance Monday afternoon and took immediate effect, but officials backtracked later Monday night, ABC News reported.
The guidance stated schools “should offer alternative educational opportunities for students who are excluded from campus because they will not wear a face covering,” according to ABC News, contradicting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidelines released July 9 stating vaccinated teachers and students did not need to wear masks.
In swift about-face, California updates mask rule for schools that prompted controversy Share Updated: 9:07 PM CDT Jul 13, 2021 ADAM BEAM Share Updated: 9:07 PM CDT Jul 13, 2021
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Show Transcript FOR MASK ENFORCEMENT BEFORE THURSDAY. HELLO. SELY VELNA MAYS SAYS SHE’S HAPPY HER GRANDCHILDREN WILL BE BACK IN THE CLASSROOM IN THE PFAL AS A GRANDMA, I’M 56 AND I HAVE 10 GRANDCHILDREN, AND I HAVE FIVE OF THEM FOR THIS WHOLE CORONA PANMIDEC, GO BACK TO SCHO.OL LYSEE:UT B THE BIG QUESTION, EVEN HER GRANDKIDS UP AND ASKING. THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT IN THE STORE. DOE WHAVE TO WEAR THESE MASKS? I DON’T KNOW. WHEN YOU GO TO SCHOOL, WE’LL SEE . LYE:SE SOME TEACHERS IN THE ELK GROVE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE ALREADY GETTING THEIR CLASSROOMS RDYEA A NEW SESSION FOR YEAR-ROUND SCHOOL STARTS THURSDAY AFTER A , SHORT BREAK. TO HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE BEFORE THEN A DISTRICT SPOKESPERSON SAYS ITS QUICKLY REVIEWING THE LATEST GUID
UpdatedTue, Jul 13, 2021 at 2:30 pm PT
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New state rules eliminate physical distancing while making sure no one will miss class time even if they are exposed to someone with the coronavirus. But the state would continue to require all students and staff to wear masks indoors. (Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)
LOS ANGELES, CA Golden State health officials announced Monday that K-12 students who refuse to wear a mask indoors this fall will be banned from campus, but quickly backpedaled, leaving enforcement methods up to individual school districts instead.
The initial guidance from the California Department of Public Health said that schools will be required to exclude students from campus if they are not exempt from wearing a face covering under CDPH guidelines.
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