'Parents, share your concerns with your schools. They need to hear from you.' Austin, Texas, Mayor Steve Adler tweeted on Tuesday.
that like Adler, state lawmakers in Texas are asking Abbott reconsider the executive order. Thirty-one legislators called on Abbott in a petition to reverse the ban on mask mandates and allow virtual learning this fall.'s request for comments regarding the executive order. On July 21, Abbott doubled down on the order saying it would be"inappropriate" to require people with immunity to wear a mask.
Austin, Texas, Mayor Steve Adler has asked parents across Texas to share their concerns about an executive order banning requiring masks in classrooms. Above, Adler speaks on stage during Texas Conference for Women 2019 at Austin Convention Center on October 24, 2019."There will be no mask mandate imposed, and the reasons for that are very clear," Abbott told KPRC-TV in Houston on Tuesday.
Only slightly more than 43 percent of Texas's population is fully vaccinated, making it one of many states struggling to lift its vaccination rate. Adler is urging Austin ISD families to complete a survey asking them to select options for in-person learning that would make them more comfortable. Options include optional all-mask classrooms, temperature checks, health screening questions and meals being served in classrooms.
Schools could be fined up to $1,000 for defying the governor's order by requiring students to wear masks. Nine other states have instituted similar mask requirement restrictions.
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