(The Tennessean) Recall Williamson and a group of parents have jointly filed a complaint in Williamson County Chancery Court against Williamson County Schools and superintendent Jason Golden over the district’s existing mask mandate.
The group opposes the mandate, which requires children to wear a face covering during in-person schooling.
The plaintiffs argued that the school district does not have the authority to mandate face coverings since school districts are governed by the State Board of Education and the Tennessee General Assembly.
Neither the state board nor the legislature have issued school mask mandates and the only health regulation granted to school districts by the General Assembly is the ability to require a child or employee to see a doctor if they might have a communicable disease, the complaint said.
The plaintiffs’ children have not been sick, the complaint said.