HB 1036 Virginia House of Delegates · 2022 Regular Session

School boards, local; requirement for students to wear masks or other face coverings.

Summary
Local school boards; requirement for studentsto wear masks or other face coverings; evidentiary substantiation.Prohibits any local school board from requiring any student enrolledat a public elementary or secondary school in the local school divisionto wear a mask, face covering, or other covering of the student'snose and mouth at school, on a school bus, or at a school-sponsoredactivity unless the local school board substantiates such requirementwith evidence that (i) such requirement is necessary to suppress a nuisance dangerous to the public health or a communicable, contagious,or infectious disease or other danger to the public life and health;(ii) no reasonable alternatives to such requirement exist in lightof the impact on quality of life and economic well-being; and (iii)such requirement is narrowly tailored to address the nuisance dangerousto the public health or the communicable, contagious, or infectiousdisease or other danger to the public life and health.
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Jan 2022
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Introduced Jan 12, 2022 Last action Feb 15, 2022
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Jan 12, 2022
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Referred to Committee on Education
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Jan 12, 2022
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Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103001D
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1 primary · 4 co-sponsors

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