These states have banned schools from requiring Covid vaccination and masks:
schools from mandating masks are Vermont, South Carolina, Iowa, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona and Utah.that students should continue to wear masks indoors if not yet fully vaccinated.
States like Arkansas, Arizona and Oklahoma say they will continue to encourage school students and staff to wear masks and get vaccinated even though they won’t require it. Following a surge in new infections related to the spread of the more infectious delta variant, Los Angeles will beits mask mandate on Saturday and Clark County, where Las Vegas is located, updated its guidelines to recommend all people wear masks in crowded areas, while the National Nurses Union on Monday asked the CDC to reinstate its recommendation to wear masks regardless of vaccination status.