GOVERNOR LAMONT ANNOUNCES PLAN TO ELIMINATE STATEWIDE SCHOOL MASK REQUIREMENT, ALLOW THESE DECISIONS TO BE DETERMINED AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont announced that he is endorsing a plan developed in consultation with Connecticut Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Manisha Juthani and Connecticut State Department of Education Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker to eliminate the statewide requirement that is in effect as part of Connecticut’s COVID-19 safety protocols for masks to be worn in all schools and childcare centers effective Monday, February 28, 2022, and on that date allow the determination on whether to require masks in these locations to be made at the local level. The plan is contingent upon the Connecticut General Assembly voting to extend – through legislation – the governor’s existing executive order that enables the public health commissioner with the ability of implementing mask requirements in certain settings.…