December 8th, 2021 by WCBC Radio
In a 12-1 decision, the Maryland State Board of Education voted to allow individual school systems to lift mask mandates under certain conditions. Those conditions are either an individual school has at least 80% of its students and staff fully vaccinated, a school's home county has 80% of residents fully vaccinated, or a school's home county's transmission rate falls to moderate or low for at least 14 days. The vote followed hours of public comment. A local vaccination update was provided during Tuesday’s meeting of the Allegany County Board of Education by Superintendent Jeff Blank…
As has been a common occurance at recent public meetings, the board did hear from a parent opposed to the mask mandate for students…
Now that the state board has approved the regulation, it must go before the state General Assembly's Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review for final approval. There's no word yet on how soon it will discuss the matter.
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