School Report Card: SC governor and department of education at odds over masks in schools, public schools are mixed on mandating vaccines Korin Miller Students are headed back to class amid the coronavirus pandemic, and to keep you posted on what’s unfolding throughout U.S. schools — K-12 as well as colleges — Yahoo Life is running a weekly wrap-up featuring news bites, interviews and updates on the ever-unfolding situation. South Carolina's Department of Education publicly battles with governor over mask mandates Officials from South Carolina's Department of Education are speaking out after Gov. Henry McMaster issued an executive order that said parents can choose whether their children should wear masks to public school or not. Previously, the Department of Education required that masks be worn in school.