REPUBLICANS Politicize a Virus - AGAIN!
BOISE (11 Aug 2020)
Republican lawmakers voted on Monday to strip Idaho’s public health
officials of the authority to order schools closed in health emergencies, and removed the ability to order preventive measures such
as masks.
The
proposal declares that only local school boards, the governor or the
State Board of Education has authority to close a school “or otherwise
limit any aspect of school programs to prevent the spread of contagious
or infectious disease.” The state Department of Health & Welfare is entirely removed from such decisions.
