masks in schools

A federal judge sided with 12 families of children with disabilities and health challenges who say policies making masks optional in Virginia schools violate their rights.

A federal judge sided with 12 families of children who are fighting Virginia’s policy making masks optional in schools. News4’s Megan McGrath reports.

A federal court judge says he’ll rule soon in a lawsuit that claims Virginia’s
new mask law for schools violates the rights of children with disabilities and medical conditions.

The Archdiocese of Washington lifted its mask mandate in its Maryland schools – a huge relief for some parents but a source of stress for others.

The Archdiocese of Washington has lifted its mask mandate in its Maryland schools. It’s a huge relief for some parents and a source of stress of others. Prince George’s County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins looks at how parents at one school are responding to the change.

Here’s what Northern Virginia school districts have said about their mask policies before masking becomes optional in schools statewide starting March 1

Masks will be optional in Virginia schools by March 1. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder reports a judge struck down the mask mandate in Loudoun County and many parents were surprised that masks were optional in school Thursday.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s hefty legislative agenda has been dealt a series of expected blows in the first half of the General Assembly session by the Democrat-controlled Senate.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has made masks optional in schools. He signed a bill that passed with bipartisan support. It will require masks be made optional in all Virginia school districts by March 1. Northern Virginia Reporter Drew Wilder has been tracking this fight since the beginning.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is expected to sign a bill Wednesday afternoon ending school masks mandates in the state starting March 1.

Virginia is on the verge of ending school mask mandates. Gov. Glenn Youngkin added several amendments to a bill giving parents the choice of whether to mask up their kids in the classroom. He now needs a majority vote in the Virginia House and Senate for the bill to take effect immediately. News4’s Cory Smith explains what the legislation means...

School mask mandates in Virginia will end on March 1 if the General Assembly adopts amendments made by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin to just-passed legislation on the issue

There’s a shifting narrative on COVID-19 restrictions across the country among Democratic officials and candidates

Gov. Larry Hogan sent a letter to the Maryland State Board of Education asking to get rid of the school mask requirement across the state. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan asked the state board of education on Thursday to rescind its policy requiring face masks in schools, citing improvements in COVID-19 metrics and the availability of vaccines.

The Loudoun County Public Schools superintendent planned to present a road map for easing mask policies — but a public meeting Tuesday night was nearly shut down after a surprise demonstration by the children of families opposed to masking.

Loudoun County Public Schools parents opposed to a mask mandate and any teaching of critical race theory had their child haul documents into a meeting Tuesday. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.

Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder explains Loudoun County’s plan for lifting the school mask mandate.

A bipartisan majority in the Virginia Senate has voted to advance legislation that would ban public school systems from imposing mask requirements on students

The Supreme Court of Virginia rejected a petition to invalidate Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s executive order prohibiting school systems from enforcing mask mandates.