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LIST: Mask mandates at southern Arizona schools

AP Poll Virus Outbreak Schools
Posted at 1:54 PM, Aug 16, 2021
and last updated 2021-08-20 19:45:12-04

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — School districts across southern Arizona are implementing mask mandates as the school year begins.

As of Thursday, Aug. 19, these school districts are requiring students, teachers and staff to wear masks on buses and inside school buildings:

Click here for the latest case numbers, outbreak information on public schools in Pima County.

Earlier this month, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled that the state law that prohibits school districts from mandating face coverings is not yet in effect. According to the ruling, school districts can legally require masks until Sept. 29.