With states seeing an increase in COVID-19 infections among children, district officials are prioritizing health and safety as the new school year approaches.
to have the authority to mandate masks in public schools. Harris County, which includes Houston and has the state’s largest school district, is expected to sue Abbott for the same authority.signed an executive order
“This isn’t the first time we have dealt with activist characters. It’s deja vu all over again,” Paxton said in a statement. “Attention-grabbing judges and mayors have defied executive orders before, when the pandemic first started, and the courts ruled on our side ― the law. I’m confident the outcomes to any suits will side with liberty and individual choice, not mandates and government overreach.
DeSantis tried the same argument of “government overreach” when the White House hinted it could use federal funds to help Florida schools that decide to impose mask mandates. The governor’s office did not respond to HuffPost’s questions about whether he believed his own actions were government overreach with local institutions, an accusation he leveled at the federal government.
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