Pre-kindergarten to sixth grade students in the Muscatine Community School District will be required to wear masks while in school following a vote Friday by the Muscatine Board of Education.
The mask mandate will remain in place until a COVID-19 vaccine becomes available for children under 16.
The plan was approved by a 6-1 vote. Board member Toby McCarter was the lone member to vote against the proposal.
The decision follows a federal judge’s temporary restraining order issued Monday against an Iowa law that banned school districts from implementing mask mandates in schools due to COVID-19.
At least four people were removed for disrupting the meeting attended by several dozen spectators. And the meeting was halted for about 15 minutes when the crowd became unruly.
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