Confusion, lawsuit follow Virginia governor's order on masks
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Virginia's new Republican governor was facing pushback from Democratic lawmakers, school districts and a group of parents who sued
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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 […]