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Episode 18: Legal Challenges to School District Masking Decisions

September 03, 2021 EdCounsel, LLC
Episode 18: Legal Challenges to School District Masking Decisions
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Episode 18: Legal Challenges to School District Masking Decisions
Sep 03, 2021
EdCounsel, LLC

In this episode, Emily and Duane talk through some of the recent legal challenges for districts that have adopted a masking mandates, and those districts that have not implemented masking requirements. They discuss the Attorney General’s putative class action against Columbia Public Schools and potentially other school districts, the implications of HB 271, and the Governor’s most recent executive order and removal of the state of emergency.  Emily and Duane also discuss the challenges for districts without mask mandates including dealing with quarantining requirements and incumbent attendance issues.

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In this episode, Emily and Duane talk through some of the recent legal challenges for districts that have adopted a masking mandates, and those districts that have not implemented masking requirements. They discuss the Attorney General’s putative class action against Columbia Public Schools and potentially other school districts, the implications of HB 271, and the Governor’s most recent executive order and removal of the state of emergency.  Emily and Duane also discuss the challenges for districts without mask mandates including dealing with quarantining requirements and incumbent attendance issues.