AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Mask mandates in Texas public schools must end starting in June.
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott made the announcement Monday while also ordering cities and counites to drop nearly all face covering mandates by the end of this week.
The announcement does not affect businesses, which can still require customers or workers to wear mask. But the change amounts to the biggest rollbacks of Texas’ COVID-19 safeguards since Abbott ended a statewide mask mandate in March.