St. Louis-area school districts say judge's health ruling does not apply to their mask orders

Many St. Louis-area school districts will not lift mask mandates and other health orders, despite a call to do so from Missouri’s attorney general.

In response to a letter from Attorney General Eric Schmitt, multiple school districts in the region said a court ruling invalidating health orders does not apply to them, because they did not enact those orders using the authority that was ruled unconstitutional.

On Tuesday, Schmitt, who is also running to represent Missouri in the U.S. Senate, announced he sent a letter to public school districts telling them to stop enforcing mask mandates and other public health guidelines that were voided by the judgment.

Then on Wednesday, the attorney general’s office went a step further, calling on “concerned parents” to reach out to Schmitt’s office to report districts that are in violation of the order.

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