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TX school district adds masks to dress code to circumvent Gov. Abbott's order

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A small Texas school district has made facial coverings part of its dress code, in a bid to get around Gov. Greg Abbott's executive order banning mask mandates. The board of the Paris Independent School District, which has about 4,000 students, said in a statement that the governor's order does not usurp its ability to manage schools, noting, "The Board believes the dress code can be used to mitigate communicable health issues, and therefore has amended the PISD dress code to protect our students and employees." The vote came the same day that Abbott's office announced that the governor had tested positive for Covid-19.

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