A group of parents in Michigan filed a lawsuit against public school officials over a student mask mandate.
Parents in Portage, Michigan, allege Portage Superintendent Mark Bielang cannot impose a mask mandate on their children because his office is unelected, according to the suit.
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All seven elected members of the Portage Public Schools board are also named in the lawsuit, according to a report.
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“We feel it should be parent choice,” Kelly Sackett, a parent and a member of the group taking action against Portage Public Schools, said.
“If children want to wear masks to school, they can go right ahead and wear masks to school, but it should always be the parent’s choice. It should not be mandated.”
By continuing a mask mandate, the school board for Portage Public Schools is breaking the law, the parents allege.
Masks cannot be required by the school district if the Kalamazoo County Health Department retracted its school mask mandate in December, according to the suit.
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Portage Public Schools is not able to comment on a pending legal action, a spokesperson for the district told the Washington Examiner.
