Virginia adopts plan to end school mask mandates March 1
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Virginia’s General Assembly moved swiftly to put the final legislative touches on a bill that bans local school systems from imposing mask mandates on students
FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- Virginia's General Assembly moved swiftly Wednesday to put the final legislative touches on a bill that bans local school systems from imposing mask mandates on students.
The legislature had passed the bill on Monday; Youngkin then amended it to add an emergency clause so that it could take effect before the typical July 1 enactment date for new legislation.
Under the amendments added by Youngkin, local systems must allow students to opt out of mask mandates beginning March 1.
There was a brief discussion Wednesday on the House of Delegates floor about whether it's constitutional to enact legislation on an emergency basis by a simple majority vote.