Metro Nashville Public Schools is having its first serious discussion about dropping universal mask requirements, which have been in place ever since in-person school resumed.
Federal judge sets timetable to consider state’s restrictions on school mask mandates
At the first hearing in the case against Tennessee’s law limiting when mask mandates can be applied in schools Monday, U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw extended his order that, for now, schools should continue operating as they had been before Gov. Lee signed the COVID restrictions bill into law last week.
A federal judge has ordered that school mask mandates can stay — for now
A law that would severely limit school mask mandates has been blocked. That means, for at least Monday, students in districts that have required masks will come to school with their faces still covered.
Tennessee lawmakers aim to block vaccine and mask mandates during special session
State lawmakers plan to tackle vaccine and mask mandates from both local and federal officials when they come back next week for a special session on COVID-19.
Nashville’s Council Opts Against Another Mask Mandate
Nashville won’t be getting a new mask mandate.
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