60,000 students attending classes in an eastern Tennessee county will be required to wear face masks indoors and on school buses starting Monday following a court order.
On Friday, US District Judge J. Ronnie Greer granted a motion for a preliminary injunction against the Knox County Board of Education and Gov. Bill Lee's executive order that allows an opt-out for parents from any order requiring face coverings. The judge ruled that the plaintiffs, four families who have children with medical conditions, had met their burden of establishing that they are entitled to a preliminary injunction.
Lee said parents could opt-out by notifying a local education authority if they didn't want their children to wear masks, according to the court order. On September 1, the Knox County Board of Education voted 5-4 not to renew a mask mandate that had been in effect in the previous school year.
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