A Virginia judge issued an injunction this week to allow 12 families to request and enforce mask requirements in their schools while the case plays out in court.
Desks are separated in a classroom to help students practice social distancing at the Mountain Mission School in Grundy, Virginia on Aug. 26, 2020. Photo: Jacob Biba for The Washington Post via Getty Imagesin their schools while the case plays out in court.The families had sued the state over a law that gives parents the right to exempt their children from mask-wearing in schools without providing a reason.
Though the injunction is limited to the 12 families while litigation is ongoing, the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia called it a "The families argue that the law violates federal disability law by putting the lives of immunocompromised students at risk. The students in the case have a range of health conditions that make them more vulnerable to COVID.
U.S. District Judge Norman K. Moon's order means the state cannot enforce the law in the plantiffs' 10 school districts amid legal proceedings concerning the merits of the case. The impacted districts will be able to issue mask requirements based on the students' needs. "E.O. 2 and S.B.
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