Blue states are ditching their school mask mandates, but California is stuck as powerful teachers unions push back
OAKLAND — .
Gov. Gavin Newsom seems ready to eliminate mask requirements in schools, as his counterparts in New Jersey, Oregon and Connecticut did this week. But Newsom cannot go where teachers unions aren’t ready, as was the case with school reopening a year ago. California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to union workers and volunteers on Sept. 14, 2021 in San Francisco, Calif. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Newsom has promised to release a plan for easing school masking rules. But he also pointed to the relatively low vaccination rates for children under 12 as the sticking point in labor negotiations.So far, about 33 percent of kids ages 5 to 11 have received at least one dose of the vaccine, according to the latest state figures, compared to 89 percent of Californians 18 and older.
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