Public school districts in Pennsylvania will be allowed to remove their mask requirement in January, Gov. Tom Wolf announced Monday.
The statewide mask mandate, which was imposed in early September in response to a surge in COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations, is set to expire on Jan. 17, 2022. Wolf said at that time, schools may decide whether to follow the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to keep the mask requirements in place, although his administration will “continue to reevaluate the status of the school mask mandate.”
