MASK MANDATE DESE BUILDING IN MALDEN 9-1 VOTE FOR MASK MANDATE; MEDFORD SCHOOL COMMITTEE CANDIDATE KERRY LAIDLAW LOSES AGAIN

 

Massachusetts Board of Education to allow statewide school mask mandate

Protesters gather outside DESE building   MALDEN, Mass. —

The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted Tuesday to give the state's education commissioner the authority to mandate masks for all public K-12 students and staff.

Education Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley has pushed for a mandate to be put in place through Oct. 1, “to ensure schools fully reopen safely and to provide time for more students and educators to get vaccinated.”

 

The board voted 9-1 to allow the commissioner to put forth the mandate. Board member Paymon Rouhanifard, who voted no, said the proposal was "bad public policy."  https://www.wcvb.com/article/massachusetts-board-of-education-mask-mandate-public-schools-vote/37376258