
Virginia governor to sign bill allowing parents to opt out of school mask mandates
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Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin is slated to sign a bill Wednesday that allows parents to opt their children out of school mask mandates, his office announced.
The bill, Senate Bill 739, requires schools to comply no later than March 1 and also keeps schools open five days a week for in-person instruction.
The bill arrives amid a fight over Youngkin's executive order that effectively banned school districts from mandating masks. That effort was caught up in a flurry of legal challenges, and it's unclear how the new law will impact the ongoing litigation.

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