Texas Judge Blocks Governor’s Ban on School Mask Mandates

Texas Judge Blocks Governor’s Ban on School Mask Mandates
Students wear masks as they attend their first day in school after summer vacation at the St. Lawrence Catholic School north of Miami, on Aug. 18, 2021. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images
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A judge in Texas ruled on Wednesday that Gov. Greg Abbott’s ban on school mask mandates violates federal disability law and cannot be enforced by the state’s attorney general.

The ruling for the time being resolved the legal limbo in Texas over an executive order Abbott issued prohibiting school districts from imposing mask mandates. The lawsuit was brought by a disability group that argued that the ban made it unsafe for disabled students to attend school.

Ivan Pentchoukov
Ivan Pentchoukov
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Ivan is the national editor of The Epoch Times. He has reported for The Epoch Times on a variety of topics since 2011.
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