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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you read your emails? It will be discussed at the School Board Meeting.

[quote]Mask Requirement: I know there are questions about next steps with our mask policy. Like other local school divisions, APS has been reviewing the latest health guidance and planning for when we can safely ease our masks requirements. We will present our plan and revised policy at Thursday’s School Board meeting. We have come far together as a community in maintaining safe, open schools, even during the Omicron spike, and we will continue that work together.[/quote][/quote]

They can discuss all they want, the law goes into effect on March 1. What would be really refreshing is if they just sent out an email that says in compliance with the law, on March 1, masks are optional. Also they need to withdraw from that lawsuit right now. [/quote]

[b]The lawsuit also argued the school districts believe it is unconstitutional under VA state constitution to not allow School Boards to have authority over their own buildings/students, etc.  So more a question of whose right is it to set this kind of policy/law.   [/b]

No idea the merits of that argument.

The argument on the EO was that the GA had left the issue up to school boards with the previous bill (since it just directed them to comply with CDC recommendations as much as possible).

The GA is now directing them explicitly to end mask mandates.

This seems pretty cut and dry under the Virginia constitution unless there is previous case law that somehow limits the authority of the GA.

e) Subject to the ultimate authority of the General Assembly, the Board shall have primary responsibility and authority for effectuating the educational policy set forth in this article, and it shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by law.

https://law.lis.virginia.gov/constitution/article8/section5/

So maybe the lawsuit doesn't go away.[/quote]

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