TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 25, 2021

A federal judge has ruled in favor of Williamson County parents opposed to the governor’s executive order requiring school districts to offer parents an opt-out of mask mandates, the Tennessean reports. The families had sued under the Americans with Disabilities Act arguing that the opt-out endangered the health and safety of their children (a seventh-grader with Down syndrome and a second grader with diabetes). U.S. District Court Judge Waverly Crenshaw first blocked the governor's order on Sept. 24 and extended it on Oct. 6. The governor’s order is in effect through Nov. 5.