{"id":27525,"date":"2021-09-13T17:09:05","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T21:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=27525"},"modified":"2021-09-13T17:09:05","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T21:09:05","slug":"cdc-schools-with-mask-mandates-didnt-see-statistically-significant-different-rates-of-covid-transmission-from-schools-with-optional-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/09\/13\/cdc-schools-with-mask-mandates-didnt-see-statistically-significant-different-rates-of-covid-transmission-from-schools-with-optional-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"CDC: Schools With Mask Mandates Didn\u2019t See Statistically Significant Different Rates of COVID Transmission From Schools With Optional Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The ACLU on Tuesday announced<\/a> it is bringing a lawsuit against South Carolina over its mask policy.<\/p>\n

The Palmetto State is one of seven states<\/a>\u2014along with Texas, Iowa, Oklahoma, Arizona, Utah, and Florida\u2014 that have policies in place banning schools from having mask policies. Thirteen states, meanwhile, have laws that mandate masks in schools. The majority of states (30) allow school districts to determine their own mask policies.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re suing to end South Carolina\u2019s ban on mask requirements in schools, with Disability Rights South Carolina, Able South Carolina, and parents,\u201d the ACLU said. \u201cStudents with disabilities are effectively being excluded from public schools because of this ban. Courts must intervene.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ACLU\u2019s action is the latest salvo in a battle over a question that divides America: should schools be able to compel children to wear face coverings in school?<\/p>\n