Wed Dec 15, 2021 – 4:24 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has struck down the state’s mandate for mask-wearing in public schools, ruling that Acting State Health Secretary Alison Beam lacked the legal authority to impose it in the first place.
Fox News reports that the suit was brought by a coalition of parents, school districts, and Republican lawmakers such as state Senate Leader Jake Corman III and state Rep. Jesse Topper.
A written opinion explaining the decision has not yet been released, but the decision affirms a previous ruling by a lower court that Pennsylvania’s Disease Control and Prevention Act of 1955 does not give the health secretary “blanket authority to create new rules and regulations out of whole cloth.” In response, several districts have already lifted their mandates.
“Today’s ruling is a victory for parents and communities whose opinions have been ignored by the Wolf Administration for far too long,” Corman said in a press release. “I have said all along that parents and school boards are in the best position to respond to COVID-19 and keep our kids safe.”
“This ruling means we will not have to deal with even
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