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Students, some wearing protective masks, arrive for the first day of school at Sessums Elementary School in Riverview, Fla., on Aug. 10, 2021. Chris O'Meara/AP Photo
A federal judge on Sept. 28 temporarily blocked South Carolina’s ban on school mask mandates.
U.S. District Court Judge Mary Lewis issued a temporary injunction against the law, concurring with the plaintiffs that the law discriminated against students with disabilities.