Texas school district defies Gov. Abbott’s ban on mask mandates, adds masks to dress code
Ashley Sadler
The move is directly aimed at circumventing actions undertaken by Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott forbidding schools to force children to wear masks against the wishes of their parents.
PARIS, TX (LifeSiteNews) — A Texas school district has found a creative way to get around the governor’s ban on school mask mandates: make facial coverings part of the school’s dress code.
In a statement released Tuesday, the Board of Trustees for the Paris Independent School District (PISD), a B-rated school district in northeast Texas, said children returning to school for the 2021-2022 school year will be required to add face masks to their school-ready wardrobe.
“The Board of Trustees is concerned about the health and safety of its students and employees,” the statement read, adding that the “Board believes the dress code can be used to mitigate communicable health issues, and therefore has amended the PISD dress code to protect our students and employees.”
The move is directly aimed at circumventing actions undertaken by Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott to forbid schools from forcing children to wear masks against the wishes of their parents.
In an executive order issued in late July, Abbott solidified previous efforts to protect the freedom of Texans to decide whether or not to wear a mask or get the experimental COVID-19 shot, issuing GA-38 to prevent “cities and other state government entities from .....
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