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Local School District Pushes for Legislative Action on Mask Mandates

Matthew Moore
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KUAF
Fayetteville Public School Board meeting on July 29, 2021

On Thursday, July 29, Governor Asa Hutchinson calleda special legislative session to reevaluate Act 1002, which at this time prohibits local school districts from enforcing mask mandates. Fayetteville Public Schools passed a resolutionthat same day to send a message to the legislature that they would be enforcing one if legally permitted. 

Matthew Moore is senior producer for Ozarks at Large.
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