Students Without Masks Can’t Be Kept Out of Classrooms, Educators Say
Students can’t be banned from school campuses for refusing to wear a mask during the upcoming curricular year, educational leaders say.
“The state wants to continue the mask mandate, but there’s no way to enforce it,” San Ardo Union Elementary School District Superintendent Catherine Reimer told The Epoch Times.
“For school districts, we have something in the education code that you used to be able to suspend or send kids home for defiance. If they’re not going to wear the mask, that would ultimately be an act of defiance, and the state doesn’t allow you to send students home for defiance.”
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A critical shortage of substitute teachers during the pandemic may make it difficult for some California school districts to reopen campuses or to keep open schools already offering in-person instruction.
A sharp decline in applications for substitute teaching credentials since January, as well an exodus of already credentialed substitutes, have left some districts unable to keep classrooms open, especially as more teachers are quarantined after potential exposure to Covid-19.
Substitute pools at school districts are being drained, in part, because temporary teachers are tired of waiting to be called for the scarce jobs available during distance learning or are uncomfortable with the technology required. Some substitutes in districts that have reopened campuses fear returning to the classroom during the pandemic or can’t find child care for children who are home half the week in hybrid instruction.