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The ruling comes a week after Commonwealth Court threw out the statewide mask mandate for school and child care facilities.
The judges said Acting Health Secretary Alison Beam's mandate did not comply with the state's laws about reviewing and approving regulations and was adopted without an existing disaster emergency declared by the governor.
The governor said that, on Jan. 17, he expects to turn over decisions about masking to local school officials. The state's universal masking requirement for early learning programs and child care facilities will remain in place.
Armstrong High School students chanted vulgarities at the Mars Area High School team's female goalie during an Oct. 28 game between the Armstrong River Hawks and Mars Fightin' Planets.
An obscure state panel voted 7-4 that Acting Health Secretary Alison Beam's Aug. 31 mask order for K-12 schools and child care facilities did not have to be enacted as a regulation.
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A 15-year-old girl and 15-year-old boy are charged as adults and two other teenagers face juvenile charges in the plan to attack Dunmore High School on April 20, 2024.
The order will take effect Tuesday, Sept. 7 and will require students, teachers, and staff to wear masks when inside.