FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- An appeals court has ruled that Fort Worth ISD cannot require face coverings in school at least for the remainder of the semester.
The Second Court of Appeals of Texas based in Fort Worth has put in place a temporary injunction preventing the Fort Worth School from requiring face masks until a group of parents and district officials go to trial on January 17th, 2022.
Until that trial goes to court, the district can not require face masks.
Before this ruling, the school district announced it would once again begin requiring masks indoors for all staff, parents, students and visitors starting Monday September 13th.
In the court’s ruling, it says in part that the “Defendant [the district] shall not deny any student or parent access to Fort Worth Independent School District facilities based on a face covering, nor act in derogation of any right enjoyed by a person wearing a face covering.”
