PA Supreme Court set to start hearing over school mask mandate on Wednesday

The heated debate over the mask mandate in schools will hit the State Supreme Court on Wednesday. Acting Health Secretary Alison Beam instituted the statewide mandate for PA schools on August 31. A number of parents and legislative Republicans sued, saying she didn’t have the authority to do that without an emergency declaration. Commonwealth Court agreed with that argument and lifted the mask mandate. Then, the Supreme Court put it back in place, until it can hear arguments on Wednesday in Philadelphia.

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Source: ABC Channel 27, December 7, 2021.