CONCORD — Masks in school remain a hot topic at the state level.
House Bill 1131, sponsored by Republican state Reps. Kenneth Weyler of Kingston and Melissa Blaek of Hillsborough, “prohibits school boards and other public education agencies from adopting, enforcing or implementing a policy that requires students or members of the public to wear a facial covering.”
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