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Arkansas Department of Education Revises COVID-19 Guidelines

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After a Pulaski County Circuit Court judge temporarily blocked a state ban on COVID-19 mask mandates for government agencies and public facilities in Arkansas — passed earlier this year by the Conservative-majority Arkansas legislature — the state department of education had to quickly revise its COVID-19 guidelines. Arkansas School Boards Association model policy director, Lucas Harder explains the new procedures.

Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.
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