Missouri attorney general renews threat to sue schools over mask, quarantine rules

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Missouri is continuing to see record daily coronavirus infections, near-peak COVID-19 caseloads in hospitals and threats from Attorney General Eric Schmitt that he will sue school districts that require masks or send students home when they are infected or exposed to the virus.

In a statement issued Tuesday morning, Schmitt said school mask rules and requirements that students with an infection or exposure remain at home violate a Nov. 22 Cole County Circuit Court decision that found local health orders designed to stop the spread of COVID-19 violated the Missouri Constitution.

Schmitt, in his statement, said the ruling applies to school districts and any decisions about masks and isolation belong with parents.

“My office is currently finalizing lawsuits against all non-compliant districts to end the forced masking of schoolchildren, which will be filed later this week,” Schmitt said. “It’s far past time that the power to make health decisions concerning children be pried from the hands of bureaucrats and put back into the hands of parents and families, and I will take school district after school district to court to achieve that goal.”

Read more: https://missouriindependent.com/2022/01/18/missouri-attorney-general-renews-threat-to-sue-schools-over-mask-quarantine-rules/

[LastDemocratInSC]

1. Does Missouri have laws about children with head lice in schools?

That's been recognized as a public health hazard for a long, long time. Should the parents who allow children to have head lice be making the decisions about that?