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Mask mandate for K-12 schools remains for now, justices rule

By Soapbox Group
December 3, 2021
  • Pennsylvania
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By: Mark Scolforo

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — An order requiring masks inside Pennsylvania’s K-12 schools and child care facilities will remain in place while the state Supreme Court considers the governor’s appeal of a lawsuit that overturned the mandate, the high court ruled Tuesday.

The justices in a 5-1 decision put on hold a lower-court order that said the mask mandate would not remain in place as litigation over it continued. If the justices hadn’t acted, the mask mandate would have ended on Saturday.

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