Covid-19 tagged interest

While permission was given on August 23rd for acting Superintendent Diana Sayavedra to issue a mask mandate for students, employees and visitors, Fort Bend Independent School District and its legal team have reversed course as of August 28th and will continue to monitor the ongoing lawsuits challenging Governor Abbott’s Executive Order GA-38, which prohibits local governments from having mask mandates.  

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The state-wide temporary restraining orders issued by courts in Travis County restraining Governor Abbott from enforcing the parts of Executive Order GA-38 that bar mask mandates are no longer in place. While the lawsuits Challenging Executive Order GA-38 are not over, right now the provisions of Executive Order GA-38 that bar mask mandates are effective. The District continues to strongly urge employees, students, parents, and visitors to wear a mask.