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Debate over school mask authority: bill would bar local mandates except during governor-declared state of emergency
Summary
House Bill 361 would prohibit mandatory face-covering policies in K–12 public schools and charter schools unless the governor declares a state of emergency; proponents and opponents testified at length about health effectiveness, child development and local control.
House Bill 361 would prohibit public school districts and charter public schools from adopting, enforcing or implementing mandatory face-covering (mask) policies for students except when the governor has declared a state of emergency.
Representative Kristen Noble introduced the bill and described it as a restoration of parental choice and a way to relieve local school boards from what she called a burdensome responsibility. Noble said decisions about masking in a pandemic should be made by the governor and state health officials, not by individual school boards, and that the bill…
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