A big win for some Texas school districts who want local control of mask mandates.
The Texas Supreme Court says Governor Greg Abbott's executive order that disallows school districts from imposing mandates cannot stand, at least for now. And Clay Robison with the Texas State Teachers Association says he's glad to hear it. "We hope that every school district in Texas will take advantage of this ruling by the Texas Supreme Court and require masks to be worn by employees and students in their schools."
Children under 12 cannot be vaccinated and their only line of defense is wearing a mask.
This order leaves in place a Travis county judge's previous temporary restraining orders which Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked the Texas Supreme Court to overrule. Meanwhile, other Texas school districts imposed mandates anyway. Now they'll be allowed to continue. The Paris, Texas ISD did not impose a mask mandate but used a loophole and changed it's dress code to require masks.
Robison says "We hope the order will be made permanent, or better yet the governor will change his mind and withdraw his order that prohibits mask mandates and do the right thing."
The court ruled in favor of allowing mandates on a technicality and cited a provision that states such matters should first go to an appellate court.
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