Rural New Mexico School Board Suspended for Rejecting COVID-19 Guidelines

Rural New Mexico School Board Suspended for Rejecting COVID-19 Guidelines
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks during a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington on June 13, 2018. Toya Sarno Jordan/Getty Images
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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The board of a rural school district in New Mexico, which voted to continue rejecting the state’s COVID-19 policy guidelines for its schools in the upcoming fall semester, has been suspended by the state’s education department.